Morphological, phylogenetic, and genomic evidence reveals the causal agent of thread blight disease of cacao in Peru is a new species of in the section , sp. nov.

The thread blight disease (TBD) of cacao ( ) in the department of Amazonas, Peru was recently reported to be caused by (sect. Neosessiles). This same species is known to be the main causal agent of TBD in West Africa.