Thelonectria japonica C. Salgado & Hirooka, in Salgado-Salazar, Rossman, Samuels, Hirooka, Sanchez & Chaverri, Fungal Diversity 70(1): 14, 2015

Specimens examined.

CHINA. Hubei, Wufeng, Houhe, alt. 800 m, 13 September 2004, on rotten twigs, W.Y. Zhuang, Y. Nong 5621 (HMAS 98327); Yunnan, Tengchong, on rotten twigs, W.P. Wu W7104a (HMAS 183155).

Sequences.

ACT (MK556799), ITS (HM054140) and LSU (HM042434).

Habitat.

On decaying bark of Fagus crenata and possibly on bark of other shrubs and trees.

Distribution.

Asia (China, Japan).

Notes.

Specimens of this fungus were treated as T. discophora sensu lato until T. japonica was introduced by Salgado-Salazar et al. (2015). The morphological characteristics of the Chinese materials fit the concept of T. japonica . The Hubei and Yunnan collections extend its distribution to China.