Ascomycetes on leaf litter of Laurus nobilis and Hedera helix

The following taxa described and illustrated from leaf litter of Laurus nobilis are new host records and new records for the British Isles: Anthostomella spartii, Massarina papulosa and Phacidium aquifolii . Notes are given on collections from Laurus nobilis leaf litter of Micropeltopsis ammophilae (J. P. Ellis) P. M. Kirk & Spooner comb, nov., Microthyrium fagi, Mollisia fuscidula, Mycosphaerella cfr vaccinii, Unguiculella sp. and Valsa coronata , all of which are new host records. Phacidium multivalve is recorded from decaying leaves of Hedera helix , and the anamorphs of this and P. aquifolii are discussed. In addition, a description is given of Mollisiopsis quercina (Sacc.) Spooner & P. M. Kirk comb. nov. and the combination Unguiculella foliicola (Graddon) Spooner & P. M. Kirk comb. nov. is proposed.