Updates on the classification and numbers of marine fungi Author Calabon, Mark S. Author Jones, E. B. Gareth Author Pang, Ka-Lai Author Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. Author Jin, Jing Author Devadatha, Bandarupalli Author Sadaba, Resurreccion B. Author Apurillo, Carlo Chris Author Hyde, Kevin D. text Botanica Marina 2023 Warsaw, Poland 2023-07-21 66 4 213 238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0032 journal article 10.1515/bot-2023-0032 1437-4323 11000251 2.5.9 Monosporascus cannonballus ( Figure 4 ) Pollack and Uecker (1974) introduced this species from the roots of Cucumis melo ( Cucurbitaceae ) in Arizona. It causes root rot and vine decline ( MRVD ) of muskmelon in Greece ( Markakis et al. 2018 ), and is reported as ubiquitous as a root endophyte ( Robinson et al. 2020 ). The genomes of Monosporascus species were assembled by Robinson et al. (2020) . The species was recorded for the first time from the marine environment by Jin and Huang (2009) from incubated drift and intertidal woods collected from the coasts of Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea ( China ). It groups in the Diatrypaceae ( Xylariales , Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomcyetes) ( Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015 ).