Phylogenetic position of Escovopsis clavatus and Escovopsis multiformis. The phylogenetic analysis is based on the concatenated sequences of ITS, LSU and tef1; and the tree was reconstructed using Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood inferences. Numbers on branches indicate the posterior probabilities and the bootstrap support values, respectively. All Escovopsis species previously described are denoted in bold and the new species are highlighted in green (E. clavatus) and light brown (E. multiformis). The tree includes a total of 40 Escovopsis sequences with 1971 bp (ITS – 619 bp, LSU – 594 bp and tef1 – 758 bp). The data also included sequences from Escovopsioides, Hypomyces, Sphaerostilbella, Trichoderma and Protocrea as the closest phylogenetic relatives of the parasite. Lecanicillium antillanum CBS 350.85 was used as the outgroup. ET: ex-type strains. Bar: 0.04 substitutions per nucleotide position.