. In brief, the universal fungal 18S primer combination NS1 (White et 4, 1990) and EF3 (Smit et at, 1999) was used to amplify DNA which was cloned (TOPO TA; Invitrogen) and sequenced using an Applied Biosystems Genetic Analyser 3730 (Waltham, MA, USA). Between four and eight clones were sequenced for