Epicoccum draconis (Berk. ex Cooke) Q. Chen et al., Studies in Mycology. 82: 172. 2015 b

Description.

see de Gruyter et al. (1998).

Materials examined.

China, Jiangsu Province, Yixing City, Zhangzhu Town, Furong Village, from diseased leaves of C. sinensis cv. Longjing 43, 19 Jun 2019, Y. C. Wang, culture YCW 101 .

Notes.

Epicoccum draconis was introduced as Phyllosticta draconis and Phoma draconis previously (Chen et al. 2017). It formed a new combination by the ellipsoidal conidia (Chen et al. 2017). In the present study, two isolates from diseased tea plant leaves grouped with E. draconis with high statistical support (Fig. 3). This is the first report of E. draconis causing leaf blight on C. sinensis .