Introduction of some endophytic fungi of common yew (Taxus baccata) in Iran

In the present study, five species of Cladosporium including C. perangustum, C. basi inflatum, C. cladosporioides, C. herbarum and C. subtilissimum, and three species assigned to other fungal genera including Truncatella angustata, Alternaria atra and Nigrospora oryzea are reported as endophytic fungi of common yew (Taxus baccata L.), native to Iran. Out of these, C. perangustum, C. basi-inflatum and C. subtilissimum are new taxa to the Iranian mycobiota. Common yew is a new host for all identified species, except N. oryzae in the world.