Molecular phylogeny of Nectria species associated with dieback and canker diseases in China, with a new species described Author Yang, Qin The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Author Du, Zhuo The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Author Liang, Ying-Mei Museum of Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Author Tian, Cheng-Ming The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-06-15 356 3 199 214 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.356.3.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.356.3.2 1179-3163 Nectria asiatica Hirooka, Rossman & P. Chaverri, Stud. Mycol. 68: 35–56. 2011 . Description and illustration :— Seifert (1985) . Habitat :—On dead woody substrata, Acer sp. , Betula lutea , Prunus sp. , Sorbus commixta , and Zelkova serrata . Distribution :—Asia ( China , Japan ). Notes :— Nectria asiatica is known only from China and Japan . In China , its specimens and isolates were examined by Zhuang, culture CBS 126568 = A.R. 4639 ( Hirooka et al. 2011 ). This species is characterized by 1- septate ascospores, short stipitate sporodochia, and ellipsoidal, budding mature conidia slightly constricted at septum ( Seifert 1985 ).