*2.1. Acacia*

The *Acacia*, commonly known as wattle, belongs to the family Mimosaceae. The genus comprises more than 1350 species found throughout the world: almost 1000 are native of Australia, up to 140 species occur in Africa, 89 from Asia, and about 185 species are found in North and South America. Some Australian wattles are naturalized beyond their native range and have become invasive in many parts of Europe, South Africa, and Florida, especially in conservation areas [32]. Aboriginal communities use some *Acacia* species as sources of food and medicine. Australian acacias are widely used as wood products, ornamental plants, commercial cut flowers, and perfume crops [33].

Endophytic occurrence (Table 2) has been reported for 61 fungal isolates belonging to genera *Lasiodiplodia* (7 isolates), *Dothiorella* (8 isolates), *Neofusicoccum* (9 isolates), *Aspergillus* (3 isolates), *Chaetomium* (3 isolates), *Botryosphaeria* (1 isolate), *Colletotrichum* (2 isolates), *Aureobasidium* (2 isolates), *Spencermartinsia* (2 isolates), *Alternaria* (1 isolate), *Cochliobolus* (1 isolate), *Diplodia* (2 isolates), *Eupenicillium* (1 isolate), *Fusarium* (1 isolate)*, Moesziomyces* (1 isolate), *Paraphaeosphaeria* (1 isolate), *Penicillium* (2 isolates), *Eutiarosporella* (2 isolates)*, Pestalotia* (1 isolate), *Peyronellaea* (1 isolate), *Phaeobotryosphaeria* (1 isolate), *Phoma* (2 isolates), *Phyllosticta* (1 isolate), *Wickerhamomyces* (1 isolate), *Preussia* (1 isolate), *Rhizopus* (1 isolate), *Oblongocollomyces* (1 isolate), *Trichoderma* (1 isolate), and *Xylaria* (1 isolate). Plant host tissues were collected in Egypt, China, India, Australia, South Africa, La Réunion (France), France, USA, and Hawaii.

**Table 2.** Endophytic fungi isolated from *Acacia* species.



**Table 2.** *Cont.*
