Didymella sinensis (Q. Chen) Q. Chen et al., Studies in Mycology. 87: 138. 2017

Description.

see Chen 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 2118 .

Notes.

Didymella sinensis is closely related to D. pomorum . It can be observed from different host plants in a wide range, such as Cerasus pseudocerasus ( Rosaceae), Dendrobium officinale ( Orchidaceae) and Urticaceae . The sexual morph was characterised by ascomata aggregated, globose to irregular, brown, small and papillate. Asci were bitunicate, clavate to short cylindrical; Ascospores were biseriate, ellipsoidal, straight to slightly curved, hyaline, apex obtuse, medianly 1 - septate (Chen et al. 2017). In the present study, eight isolates from healthy tea plant leaves phylogenetically grouped with D. sinensis with high statistical support (Fig. 2). This is the first report of D. sinensis isolated from C. sinensis .