taxonID	type	description	language	source
8E31E54FFFC6AA12FF294978FD5CB1E1.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: — BJFC-S 1375. CHINA, Shaanxi: Ankang City, Ningshan County, Huoditang, 33 ° 26 ’ 04.46 ” N, 108 ° 26 ’ 59.91 ” E, 1610 m asl, on twigs and branches of Cornus controversa, coll. X. L. Fan, 3 July 2016 (BJFC-S 1375, holotype), ex-type culture, CFCC 51990. Etymology: — cornuta, referring to Cornus controversa, the new host known for this species. Host / Distribution: — from Cornus controversa and Juglans regia in China. Original description: — Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Pycnidial storma yellow, immersed, conical, with a single locule, necks erumpent through the host bark, tissue around the necks is rostrate, (250 –) 270 – 330 (– 410) μm (av. = 300 μm, n = 20) diam. Stromatic zones lacking. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells, 17.5 – 23.5 (– 25) × 2.5 – 4 (– 4.5) μm (av. = 22 × 3.5 μm, n = 50). Conidiogenous cells cylindrical, smooth, hyaline, conidia are produced at apex. Conidia hyaline, aseptate, cylindrical to ellipsoidal, (18 –) 19 – 22.5 (– 23.5) × (8 –) 8.5 – 10 (– 11) μm (av. = 21.5 × 10 μm, n = 50), with distinct hyaline sheath (1.5 –) 2 – 2.5 μm (av. = 2 μm, n = 20). Cultures: — Colony growth on PDA originally white, becoming pale yellowish after 7 – 10 days. Colony flat, feltlike, with a uniform texture, and yellowish to dark brown conidiomata irregular on the medium surface. Material examined: — CHINA, Shaanxi: Ankang City, Ningshan County, Huoditang, 36 ° 26 ’ 13.30 ” N, 108 ° 26 ’ 48.32 ” E, 1432 m asl, on twigs and branches of Juglans regia, coll. Q. Yang, 3 Auguest 2015 (BJFC-S 1345, paratype), ex-paratype culture, CFCC 51991.	en	Du, Zhuo, Fan, Xin-Lei, Tian, Cheng-Ming (2017): Host and geographic range extensions of Melanconiella, with a new species M. cornuta in China. Phytotaxa 327 (3): 252-260, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.327.3.4
