Thelonectria veuillotiana (Sacc. & Roum.) P. Chaverri & C. Salgado, Stud. Mycol. 68: 77, 2011

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

Thelonectria veuillotiana (Sacc. & Roum.) P. Chaverri & C. Salgado, Stud. Mycol. 68: 77, 2011

≡ Nectria veuillotiana Sacc. & Roum., Rev. Mycol. 2: 189, 1880.

≡ Neonectria veuillotiana (Sacc. & Roum.) Mantiri & Samuels, Canda. J. Bot. 79: 339, 2001.

Specimens examined.

CHINA. Anhui, Jinzhai, Tiantangzhai, alt. 1000 m, on bark, 24 August 2011, W.Y. Zhuang, H.D. Zheng, Z.Q. Zeng, S.L. Chen 7869 (HMAS 266577). Hubei, Shennongjia, alt. 1200 m, on rotten twigs associated with other fungi, 15 September 2004, W.Y. Zhuang, Y. Nong 5686 (HMAS 98332); Shennongjia, alt. 1700 m, on bark associated with other fungi, 15 September 2003, X.M. Zhang, Y. Z. Wang Z196 (HMAS 183188); Xingshan, Longmenhe, alt. 1800 m, on rotten twigs associated with other fungi, 18 September 2004, W.Y. Zhuang, Y. Nong 5832 (HMAS 99207). Jilin, Changbaishan, alt. 800 m, on rotten twigs, 27 July 2012, T. Bau, W.Y. Zhuang, H.D. Zheng, Z.Q. Zeng, Z.X. Zhu, F. Ren 8246 (HMAS 266579); Jiaohe, Qianjin forest farm, alt. 450 m, on rotten twigs, 23 July 2012, T. Bau, W.Y. Zhuang, Z.Q. Zeng, H.D. Zheng, Z.X. Zhu, F. Ren 8087b (HMAS 266578). Yunnan, Tengchong, on rotten twigs associated with other fungi, 16 September 2003, W.P. Wu W7095 (HMAS 183568).

Sequences.

ITS (HM054151) and LSU (HM042437).

Habitat.

On bark of deciduous trees, Eucalyptus sp., Fagus sp., Gleditschia triacanthos , Salix sp.

Distribution.

Asia (China), Europe (France and Germany), Azores Islands.

Notes.

The species was first placed in Nectria , then in Neonectria ( Mantiri et al. 2001) and recently transferred to Thelonectria by Chaverri et al. (2011). It occurs on bark of recently killed trees, rarely on wood or leaves and is cosmopolitan in distribution ( Brayford and Samuels 1993; Zhuang 2013).