Epicoccum tobaicum (Svilv.) L. W. Hou et al., Studies in Mycology. 96: 348. 2020

Description.

see von Szilvinyi (1936).

Materials examined.

China, Anhui Province, Huangshan City, from diseased leaves of C. sinensis cv. Zhonghuang 1, 2 Jul 2019, Y. C. Wang, culture YCW 372 .

Notes.

Epicoccum tobaicum was synonymised as E. nigrum previously (Hou et al. 2020 b). It was resurrected as a separate species, distant from E. nigrum (Hou et al. 2020 b) . Conidia were globular to pear-shaped, dark, verrucose and multicellular (Han et al. 2021). It formed a distinct lineage closely related to E. rosae (Fig. 3). This species as a pathogen was isolated from diseased leaves showing leaf spot of flowering cherry and oat (Han et al. 2021; Jeong et al. 2022 a). In the present study, five strains were isolated from diseased tea plant leaves. This is the first report of E. tobaicum isolated from C. sinensis .