This volume deals with 10 contributions: A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes / Phylogenetic lineages in the Capnodiales / A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae and Gloniaceae with keys to world species / Multi- locus phylogeny of the Pleosporales: a taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary re-evaluation / Molecular phylogenetics of Pleosporales: Melanommataceae and Lophiostomataceae re-circumscribed / Phylogeny of rock-inhabiting fungi related to Dothideomycetes / Unravelling the phylogenetic relationships of lichenised fungi in Dothideomyceta / The molecular phylogeny of freshwater Dothideomycetes / Molecular systematics of the marine Dothideomycetes / Molecular taxonomy of bambusicolous fungi: Tetraploshaeriaceae, a new pleosporalean family with Tetraploa-like anamorphs.