Hyphomycetes: Linodochium sinense sp nov and new records from fallen Sycopsis sinensis leaves in China

Among hyphomycetes collected from dead leaves of Sycopsis sinensis in Houhe National Nature Reserve, Wufeng, Hubei, China, a sporodochial fungus new to science, Linodochium sinense, is described and illustrated. It develops yellow conidiomata and 2-celled conidia that are filiform, colorless, smooth, 34-40 x 1.1-1.5 mu m. Candelabrum microsporum, Chalara affinis, Cylindrocladium madagascariense, and Subulispora britannica are new records from China, while Menisporopsis novae-zelandiae is newly reported from mainland China.