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 catenisporum N. Valenzuela-Lopez et al. , Studies in Mycology. 90: 30. 2018 Description. see Valenzuela-Lopez et al. (2018) . Materials examined. China , Jiangxi Province , Nanchang City , from diseased leaves of C. sinensis cv. Zhenong 139 , 22 Jun 2019 , Y. C. Wang , culture YCW 142 . Notes. Epicoccum catenisporum was introduced as Phoma catenisporum before the comprehensive revision of Epicoccum ( Chen et al. 2015 a ) . It was first isolated from a leaf spot of Oryza sativa in Guinea-Bissau and morphologically characterised by the production of pycnidia as observed in several other members of Epicoccum ( Valenzuela-Lopez et al. 2018 ) . Conidiogenous cells were phialidic, hyaline, doliiform or ampulliform and conidia were aseptate, hyaline ovoid or ellipsoidal and guttulate ( Valenzuela-Lopez et al. 2018 ). In the present study, one isolate from diseased tea plant leaves grouped with E. catenisporum ( CBS 181.80) with high statistical support (Fig. 3 ). This is the first report of E. catenisporum isolated from C. sinensis .