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 italicum Q. Chen et al. , Studies in Mycology. 87: 144. 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 2005 . Notes. Phylogenetically, Epicoccum italicum formed a distinct lineage closely related to E. oryzae (Fig. 3 ). Epicoccum italicum produced epicoccoid conidia and clavate conidiomata ( Chen et al. 2017 ). It was first isolated from seedlings of Acca sellowiana in Italy ( Chen et al. 2017 ) and reported in the dairy setting ( Rodríguez et al. 2023 ). In addition, this species significantly reduced both leaf area of soybean consumed aboveground by caterpillars and number of cysts produced belowground by nematodes ( Rivera-Vega et al. 2022 ). In the present study, one strain was isolated from healthy tea plant leaves. This is the first report of E. italicum isolated from C. sinensis .