| Summary: | Prospection of the endosphere of the native plant <i>Fragaria chiloensis</i> subsp. <i>chiloensis</i> f. <i>patagonica</i> from the foothills of the Chilean Andes led to the isolation of two strains of the genus <i>Coniochaeta</i>. We addressed the taxonomic placement of these strains based on DNA sequencing data using the ITS and LSU genetic markers, morphological features, and biochemical traits. One of these strains was identified as <i>Coniochaeta hansenii</i>, for which the anamorph and teleomorph states were described. The second strain did not seem to match any of the currently described species of this genus; therefore, we propose the name <i>Coniochaeta fragariicola</i> sp. nov.
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