sp. nov., an endophyte isolated from .

An endophytic member of the genus was isolated from the root of a healthy 3-year-old in Yunnan province, PR China. The results of phylogenetic analyses based on a combined of ITS, 1 and 2 indicated that this isolate was distinct from other species of the genus and closely related to . It can be distinguished from by its slower growth rates on PDA and colony morphology.