Tatraea dumbirensis (Velen.) Svrček (Helotiales) a lignicolous discomycete of montane forests

Tatraea dumbirensis has been recorded in several European countries. We report specimens collected on decaying beech wood at Alfedena (province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy), at 1100 m a.s.l. on 5 September 2025. We describe their macroscopic and microscopic characters and compare them with published accounts. Identification is supported by morphology and ITS analysis: the Italian sequence groups with the European reference sequence of T. dumbirensis (MK907417) in the phylogenetic tree. This species had already been reported from Italy by Jamoni (2005), thus the Alfedena collection represents an additional Italian record.