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Helminthosporium camelliae-sinensis sp. nov., a hyphomycete associated with dead twigs of Camellia sinensis in Sichuan, China
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- 1. School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- 2. School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
- 3. School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China & School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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Chi, Mei-Feng, Liang, Xiang-Dong, Wu, Na, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Helminthosporium camelliae-sinensis sp. nov., a hyphomycete associated with dead twigs of Camellia sinensis in Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 716 (3): 189-202, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.716.3.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.716.3.3
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