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Bambusicola was introduced by Dai et al. (2012) to accommodate four saprobic species associated with bamboo, namely B. bambusae , B. irregulispora , B. massarinia and B. splendida . Subsequently, many species were included in the genus which were mainly known as saprobes on different bamboos in terrestrial habitats ( Dai et al. 2012, 2015, 2017; Thambugala et al. 2017; Monkai et al. 2021; Phukhamsakda et al. 2022; Yu et al. 2022). However, B. sichuanensis and B. subthailandica were reported as parasites on Phyllostachys heteroclada ( Yang et al. 2019). While B. aquatica was reported as a saprobe submerged in freshwater ( Dong et al. 2020) and B. ficuum was reported on dead twigs of Ficus ( Brahmanage et al. 2020). Bambusicola is morphologically well-studied and appear pleomorphic. Besides, its phylogenetic affinities have been well-clarified, based on multigene phylogenetic evidence (e.g. B. didymospora , B. massarinia , B. triseptatispora ) ( Dai et al. 2012, 2017). Currently, there are 17 species accepted in the genus, mostly distributed in the Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of China and Thailand (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023). In the present study, we introduce a novel species B. hongheensis which was collected from dead bamboo culms in Yunnan, China.