Melanconis stilbostoma (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul., Select. Fung. Carpol. (Paris) 2: 115 (1863)

Zhu, Haiyan, Pan, Meng, Bonthond, Guido, Tian, Chengming & Fan, Xinlei, 2019, Diaporthalean fungi associated with canker and dieback of trees from Mount Dongling in Beijing, China, MycoKeys 59, pp. 67-94 : 67

Melanconis stilbostoma (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul., Select. Fung. Carpol. (Paris) 2: 115 (1863)

Description.

See Fan et al. (2016).

Material examined.

CHINA, Beijing City, Mentougou District, Mount Dongling, Xiaolongmen Forestry Centre (39°59'23.58"N, 115°27'05.00"E), from branches of Betula dahurica Pall., 22 Aug. 2017, H.Y. Zhu & X.L. Fan, deposited by X.L. Fan, CF 2019832, living culture CFCC 53128; ibid. CF 2019833, living culture CFCC 53129. CHINA, Beijing City, Mentougou District, Mount Dongling, Xiaolongmen Forestry Centre (39°59'23.58"N, 115°27'05.00"E), from branches of Betula sp., 21 Aug. 2017, H.Y. Zhu & X.L. Fan, deposited by X.L. Fan, CF 2019871, living culture CFCC 53130; ibid. CF 2019911, living culture CFCC 53131.

Notes.

Melanconis stilbostoma is the type species of Melanconis and is thus far only known to occur on Betula spp. with a global distribution ( Fan et al. 2016). Betula dahurica , B. pendula , B. rotundifolia , B. tianschanica and B. platyphylla are recorded as hosts for Melanconis stilbostoma in China ( Zhuang 2005, Fan et al. 2016, 2018b).