Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze) Wiltshire 1933

Details

Name scientific

Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze) Wiltshire, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 18 157 (1933)

Preferred name

Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl. 1912

Taxonomy reference

Dettman, Jeremy R.; Eggertson, Quinn 2021: Phylogenomic analyses of Alternaria section Alternaria: A high-resolution, genome-wide study of lineage sorting and gene tree discordance. Mycologia 113: 1218-1232.

Nomenclature

Authors

(Kunze) Wiltshire

Original authors

Kunze

Combination authors

Wiltshire

Publication place

Wiltshire, S.P. 1933: The foundation species of Alternaria and Macrosporium. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 18(2): 135-160.

Year published

1933

Publication page

157

Sanctioning author

Fr.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Helminthosporium tenuissimum Kunze 1818

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Alternaria tenuissima

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Pleosporales

Family

Pleosporaceae

Genus

Alternaria

Species

tenuissima

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Pseudopanax

Everett, K. (1984)

has host

Pseudopanax

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)

has host

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Johnston, P.R.; McKenzie, E.H.C. (1982)

has host

Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne

McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (2000)

has host

Pseudopanax

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Verberne, H.; Tomkins, A.; East, R.

Descriptions

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) 2005: Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Alternaria tenuissima (Kunze) Wiltshire 1933

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Mycelium olivaceous. Conidiophores in groups or solitary, straight or flexuous, pale brown to mid brown, smooth, up to 115 μm long. Conidia obclavate, or with the body of the conidium ellipsoidal tapering gradually to the beak which is up to half the length of the conidium, straight or slightly curved, solitary or in short chains, with 4–7 transverse and several longitudinal and oblique septa, 22–95 × 8–19 μm, smooth to minutely verruculose, pale to mid golden brown.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Marlborough.; 1st Record: Johnston & McKenzie (1982).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Of minor importance.; Host(s): Pseudopanax sp., Vaccinium corymbosum.