https://www.selleckchem.com/products/sbe-b-cd.html logy is insufficiently robust to separate cryptic species. Accurate identification of pathogens provides knowledge of species biodiversity that may be useful in biosecurity decision making. Since it has been reported that fungicide treatment efficiencies differ for some closely related Colletotrichum species on grape (Yokosawa et al. 2020), accurate identification might also contribute to establishing effective management strategies.Glomerella leaf spot (GLS) is a devastating fungal disease causing pre-mature defoliation on apple (Malus domestica). It was first reported in 1970s and since then has been reported in North America, South America and Asia. GLS disease is caused by Colletotrichum fungi and the pathogens are genetically diverse, encompassing at least nine species belonging to three species complexes (Velho et al. 2018). In August 2018, disease with sudden leaf necrosis symptom, typical of GLS symptom appearance, occurred in a Granny Smith orchard in Wugong county, China, over 70% tree leaves bared brown and necrotic lesions. Small leaf tissues (3-4 mm2) cut from lesion margins were surface sterilized for 30 s in 3% NaClO and 30 s in 75% ethanol, followed by rinsing three times in sterile water before transferring onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates (25 ± 2°C). Seven isolates were obtained, all producing round cottony colonies on PDA, being white to pale on the upper side and dark green on the reverse side. Conidia were singsion extent, however, varied among inoculated leaves, ranging from blurry, small-sized lesions to blight of entire leaf. In contrast with conidium inoculations, water-inoculated leaves remained asymptomatic until 14 dpi. Re-isolated fungi from the symptomic leaf tissues were identical to C. aenigma in morphological appearance. Taken together, this is the first report of GLS on 'Granny Smith' apple, and the first report of C. aenigma causing apple GLS in China. This information should