Epicoccum mackenziei S. C. Jayasiri et al., Mycosphere 8: 1093. 2017

Description.

see Jayasiri 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 ex-type CGMCC 3.24244 = YCW 1965 and culture ex-type CGMCC 3.24245 = YCW 1967 .

Notes.

Epicoccum mackenziei formed a distinct clade basal to E. endophyticum (Fig. 3). It was found as the sexual morph in nature and as chlamydospores in culture. Zhang et al. (2023) first reported that E. mackenziei caused dark brown spot of tea leaf in China. In the present study, two strains were isolated from healthy tea plant leaves.