Rugonectria rugulosa (Pat. & Gaillard) Samuels, P. Chaverri & C. Salgado, in Chaverri, Salgado, Hirooka, Rossman & Samuels, Stud. Mycol. 68: 73, 2011

Zeng, Zhao-Qing & Zhuang, Wen-Ying, 2019, The genera Rugonectria and Thelonectria (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) in China, MycoKeys 55, pp. 101-120 : 101

Rugonectria rugulosa (Pat. & Gaillard) Samuels, P. Chaverri & C. Salgado, in Chaverri, Salgado, Hirooka, Rossman & Samuels, Stud. Mycol. 68: 73, 2011

≡ Nectria rugulosa Pat. & Gaillard, Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr. 5(4): 115, 1890.

≡ Neonectria rugulosa (Pat. & Gaillard) Mantiri & Samuels, in Mantiri, Samuels, Rahe & Honda, Can. J. Bot. 79(3): 339, 2001.

= Cylindrocarpon rugulosum Brayford & Samuels, in Samuels & Brayford, Sydowia 46(1): 148, 1994.

Specimens examined.

CHINA. Henan, Jigongshan, alt. 400 m, on rotten twigs, 14 November 2003, W.Y. Zhuang, Y. Nong 5142 (HMAS 91774). Hainan, Changjiang, Bawangling, alt. 1100 m, on rotten twigs, 7 December 2000, W.Y. Zhuang, X.M. Zhang H25 (HMAS 83349); Ledong, Jianfengling, alt. 1100 m, on rotten twigs, 9 December 2000, W.Y. Zhuang, X.M. Zhang, Z.H. Yu H36, H41 (HMAS 83350, 83370); Qiongzhong, Limushan, alt. 700 m, on rotten twigs, 18 December 2000, W.Y. Zhuang, X.M. Zhang H124 (HMAS 76867); Tongzha, Wuzhishan, alt. 1000 m, on bark, 16 December 2000, W.Y. Zhuang, X.M. Zhang, Z.H. Yu, Y.H. Zhang H105 (HMAS 83371); on rotten twigs, W.P. Wu W7058 (HMAS 183161); Yunnan, Xichou, on rotten twigs, 11 November 1999, W.Y. Zhuang, Z.H. Yu 3407 (HMAS 183160).

Habitat.

On rotten twigs, wood of recently dead and dying trees.

Distribution.

Africa (Congo), Americas (Venezuela), Asia (China, Indonesia), possibly pantropical.

Notes.

The species was formerly placed in Nectria (Fr.) Fr. and Neonectria Wollenw. until Chaverri et al. (2011) introduced Rugonectria with R. rugosa as the type species. The Chinese materials match well the description of the fungus ( Samuels and Brayford 1994).