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Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943

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Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins, Revista Argentina de Agronomía 10 56 (1943)
Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943

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New Zealand
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Grodz. & Jenkins
Grodz. & Jenkins
1943
56
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Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943
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Sphaceloma murrayae

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murrayae

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Scab on leaves of Salix sp. occurs only in late summer and autumn; it may cause early leaf fall. It is of little economic importance. It was first recorded by Murray (1926) under Gloeosporium capreae Allesch, but Jenkins and Grodsinsky (1943) showed that the fungus had been misidentified.

Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata acervular, gregarious, intraepidermal, occasionally confluent, partly erumpent, brown, 0.08–0.12 mm in diameter; on small (0.5–2 mm wide), irregular, somewhat raised, greyish white leaf spots with a narrow dark brown margin on the upper surfaces of leaves; spots often coalesce to cover large areas of the leaf. Conidia ellipsoidal to oval, 0-septate, 5–12 × 3–6 μm, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Nelson, North Canterbury.; 1st Record: Murray (1926a: as Gloeosporium capreae).
Significance: The fungus does little damage.; Host(s): Salix babylonica, S. fragilis.

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Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943
Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins (1943)
Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943
Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins (1943)
Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins 1943
Sphaceloma murrayae Grodz. & Jenkins (1943)

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10 March 2003
10 March 2003
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