Scytalidium japonicum Udagawa, K. Tominaga & Hamaoka

3.Scytalidium japonicumUdagawa, K. Tominaga & Hamaoka, Mycotaxon 25 (1): 281 (1986) Description and illustration. Udagawa et al. (1986). Notes. In the phylogenetic tree (Fig. 1), the two strains of S. japonicum, CBS 494.88 (ex-type) and CBS 125804, clearly separated into two distinct clades. The CBS 494.88 formed an independent subclade within Dothideomycetes, and further studies are required to clarify its taxonomic status. Additionally, the CBS 125804 was embedded within Neoscytalidium and showed a close relationship with CBS 145.78 (ex-type of N. dimidiatum), sharing 99.6 % ITS - LSU sequence similarity. However, due to the lack of morphological characterization for CBS 125804, we refrain from assigning it to N. dimidiatum at this time.