Epicoccum poaceicola Thambugala & K. D. Hyde, Mycosphere. 8: 711. 2017

Description.

see Thambugala et al. (2017).

Materials examined.

China, Yunnan Province, Puer City, Jingdong Yizu Autonomous County, from healthy leaves of C. sinensis, 13 Jun 2020, Y. C. Wang, culture YCW 1948 .

Notes.

Epicoccum poaceicola is described as a new phoma-like species, based on phylogenetic analysis. It formed a distinct lineage closely related to E. sorghi (Fig. 3). Conidia produced by E. poaceicola were ellipsoidal to cylindrical and sometimes with small guttules (Thambugala et al. 2017). Epicoccum poaceicola can cause leaf spot in bamboo, camphor tree and eggplant (Liu et al. 2020; Li et al. 2022; Aementado and Balendres 2023). In the present study, seven strains were isolated from healthy tea plant leaves. This is the first report of E. poaceicola isolated from C. sinensis .