Vaginatispora bharatensis, sp. nov.-revealing the first conidial morph of genus Vaginatispora based on morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses.

A new species, Vaginatispora bharatensis, is reported from the forest area of Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India, based on morphological and molecular data (28S, 18S, ITS [internal transcribed space], tef1-α [translation elongation factor 1-alpha], rpb2 [RNA polymerase II second largest subunit], and β-tub [beta-tubulin] sequences). V. bharatensis is the first anamorphic report of the genus Vaginatispora based on conidial form collected from the wild. The species is introduced in this paper as a novel species, with comprehensive description, illustration, and multigene phylogenetic analysis.