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 Paraboeremia litseae J. R. Jiang et al. , Mycological Progress. 16: 291. 2017 Description. see Jiang et al. (2017) . Materials examined. China , Yunnan Province , from diseased leaves of C. sinensis , 23 Mar 2020 , Y. C. Wang , culture YCW 1356 and culture YCW 1363 . Notes. Isolates of Paraboeremia litseae clustered into a sister clade to P. selaginellae (Fig. 5 ). It was first isolated from Litsea sp. ( Jiang et al. 2017 ). Conidia produced by P. litseae are oblong to ellipsoidal and aseptate with two large polar guttules ( Jiang et al. 2017 ). This species as an endophytic fungus in Coptis chinensis exhibited obvious inhibition against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( Ming et al. 2022 ) . In the present study, two strains were isolated from diseased tea plant leaves. This is the first report of P. litseae causing leaf blight on C. sinensis .