Species of Cladosporium are common and widespread, and interact with humans in every phase of life, from producing allergens in the indoor environment, to causing fruit decay and plant disease, or being associated with human mycoses.

Although Cladosporium is one of the largest and most heterogeneous genera of hyphomycetes, only a mere fraction of these species are known from culture, and few have been characterised based on molecular data. The present volume consists of nine research papers, and introduces 71 new combinations, 53 new species, 15 genera, and one family. Specific conditions and media are recommended to study Cladosporium and allied genera, while the genus is circumscribed, and separated from morphologically similar taxa with which it has been confused in the past.

Generic issues related to the anamorph genera and associated Dothideomycete teleomorph genera (Davidiella, Mycosphaerella, Venturia) are addressed, and multi-allelic data sets provided to facilitate species recognition. The volume is richly illustrated, with more than 100 colour plates, numerous line drawings, and scanning electron micrographs. 

Studies in Mycology No. 58: The Genus Cladosporium and Similar Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes

Mycosphaerella is polyphyletic

P.W. Crous, U. Braun and J.Z. Groenewald

Delimiting Cladosporium from morphologically similar genera

P.W. Crous, U. Braun, K. Schubert and J.Z. Groenewald

Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied genera

M. Arzanlou, J.Z. Groenewald, W. Gams, U. Braun, H.-D Shin and P.W. Crous

Cladosporium leaf-blotch and stem rot of Paeonia spp. caused by Dichocladosporium chlorocephalum gen. nov

K. Schubert, U. Braun, J.Z. Groenewald and P.W. Crous

Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales), with standardisation of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnostics

K. Schubert, J.Z. Groenewald, U. Braun, J. Dijksterhuis, M. Starink, C.F. Hill, P. Zalar, G.S. de Hoog and P.W. Crous

Phylogeny and ecology of the ubiquitous saprobe Cladosporium sphaerospermum, with descriptions of seven new species from hypersaline environments

P. Zalar, G.S. de Hoog, H.-J. Schroers, P.W. Crous, J.Z. Groenewald and N. Gunde-Cimerman

Opportunistic, humanpathogenic species in the Herpotrichiellaceae are phenotypically similar to saprobic or phytopathogenic species in the Venturiaceae

P.W. Crous, K. Schubert, U. Braun, G.S. de Hoog, A.D. Hocking, H.-D. Shin and J.Z. Groenewald

Molecular analysis and pathogenicity of the Cladophialophora carrionii complex, with the description of a novel species

G.S. de Hoog, A.S. Nishikaku, G. Fernandez Zeppenfeldt, C. Padín-González, E. Burger, H. Badali and A.H.G. Gerrits van den Ende

Taxonomy, nomenclature and phylogeny of three cladosporiumlike hyphomycetes, Sorocybe resinae, Seifertia azalea and the Hormoconis anamorph of Amorphotheca resinae

K.A. Seifert, S.J. Hughes, H. Boulay and G. Louis-Seize