Didymellaceae species associated with tea plant (Camellia sinensis) in China Author Wang, Yuchun College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China Author Tu, Yiyi College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China Author Chen, Xueling College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China Author Jiang, Hong College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China Author Ren, Hengze College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China Author Lu, Qinhua Institute of Sericulture and Tea, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China Author Wei, Chaoling State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China Author Lv, Wuyun 0000-0003-3781-0763 College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China text MycoKeys 2024 2024-05-29 105 217 251 journal article 10.3897/mycokeys.105.119536 Stagonosporopsis caricae (Sydow & P. Sydow) M. M. Aveskamp et al. , Studies in Mycology. 65: 45. 2010 Description. see Sivanesan (1990) . 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 1928 . Yunnan Province , Puer City , Jingdong Yizu Autonomous County , from healthy leaves of C. sinensis , 13 Jun 2020 , Y. C. Wang , culture YCW 1977 . Notes. Stagonosporopsis caricae was synonymised as Phoma caricae with Mycosphaerella caricae previously ( Sivanesan 1990 ). It formed a distinct lineage in Stagonosporopsis (Fig. 4 ). Zhang et al. (2022) observed its sexual morph and is characterised by ascomata pseudothecioid, subglobose, 121 × 142 μm, ostiolate, walls of brown textura angularis and smooth. Asci were bitunicate, cylindrical to clavate, 7 × 90 μm, 8 - spored, ascospores elliptical, straight to slightly curved, 5 × 17 μm, 1 - septate, constricted at the septum, sub-hyaline and smooth. As one of three Stagonosporopsis species , S. caricae caused gummy stem blight ( Jeong et al. 2022 b ; Seblani et al. 2023 ). In the present study, two isolates from healthy tea plant leaves grouped with S. caricae with high statistical support (Fig. 4 ). This is the first report of S. caricae isolated from C. sinensis .