1 Four rhytismataceous ascomycetes on needles of pine from China 1 2 by 3 Cheng-Lin Hou ∗ 4 College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, P. R. China 5 Jian Gao 6 International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, P. R. China 7 Meike Piepenbring 8 Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 9 60054 Frankfurt/M., Germany 10 With 22 figures 11 12 13 Received, accepted in revised form ... 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Abstract: Three species of Rhytismataceae are described from needles of pines from China. 26 Davisomycella intermedia is a new species growing on Pinus yunnanensis var. tenuifolia. 27 Ploioderma pini-armandii and Soleella pinicola on Pinus armandii have been described 28 previously only in Chinese with a short Latin diagnosis and therefore are presented here in 29 detail. Naemacyclus fimbriatus, formerly regarded as belonging to the Rhytismatales, now to 30 Helotiales, is reported for the first time for China, described, and illustrated. 31 32 Key words: Ascomycota, needle cast, Rhytismataceae, Pinaceae. 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ∗ Corresponding author, email: houchenglincn@yahoo.com