Wang, Man-Man, Li-Tai Jin, Cheng-Xi Jiang & Cheng-Lin Hou. Rhytisma huangshanense sp. nov. described from morphological and molecular data. Mycotaxon 108: 73–82. 2009.

ABSTRACT: A fungus collected from the Huangshan Mountains in Anhui Province, China is described as a new species, Rhytisma huangshanense. The new species, occurring on leaves of Rhododendron simsii,is similar to foliicolous species of Coccomyces but differs in having thicker epiphyllous ascomata that open by a more or less longitudinal split. Analyses based on partial small subunit or large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences confirm placement of R. huangshanense in the genus.

KEYWORDS:  LSU rDNA, Rhytismatales, SSU rDNA, taxonomy