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 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 .