NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS ASTERINA
星盾炱属新种

Two new species of the genus Asterina Lev. collected in China are reported. They are Asterina castanopsis B. Song et Y. S. Ouyang sp. nov. parasitic on Castanopsis kawakamii Hay. (Fagaceae) and Asterina hydrangeae B. Song et Y. S. Ouyang sp. nov. parasitic on Hydrangea chinensis Maxim. (Hydrangeaceae). Type specimens examined are deposited in the Herbarium of Institute of Microbiology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China (HMIGD).