Abstract
Coniella has a wide distribution as plant pathogens, saprobes and endophytes. Some Coniella species infect leaves, fruits, stems and roots of plants. A coniella-like species was isolated from symptomatic leaves of Castanea mollissima (Fagaceae) from orchard in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, China. Based on multi-locus phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TEF1-α sequence data and morphology, Coniella castanea sp. nov. is introduced. A detailed description and illustration has been provided and new specieswas compared with related taxa.
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