Abstract
The first record of Coniochaeta prunicola Damm & Crous (Coniochaetales, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) as a pathogen of Persica vulgaris Mill. described and illustrated from Nitra district, Slovakia. C. prunicola was isolated from symptomatic leaves of host tree and based on morphological attributes identified for the first time as a causative agent of peach tree damage. C. prunicola is characterized by dark brown ascomata clothed with setae, the fasciculate, unitunicate, cylindrical asci and broadly almond-shaped, ellipsoidal ascospores with a longitudinal germ slit.
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