Cerotelium fici (Castagne) Arthur 1917

Details

Name scientific

Cerotelium fici (Castagne) Arthur, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 44 509 (1917)

Preferred name

Phakopsora nishidana S. Ito 1938

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Arthur

Original authors

Castagne

Authors

(Castagne) Arthur

Publication place

Arthur, J.C. 1917: Relationship of the genus Kuehneola. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 44: 501-511.

Year published

1917

Publication page

509

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Uredo fici Castagne 1848

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Cerotelium fici

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Pucciniomycetes

Order

Pucciniales

Family

Phakopsoraceae

Genus

Cerotelium

Species

fici

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Ficus carica L.

Anonymous (2004)

has host

Ficus carica L.

Anonymous (2007)

has host

Ficus carica L.

Bain, J. (2004)

has host

Ficus carica L.

Bain, J. (2007)

has host

Ficus carica L.

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

has host

Ficus carica L.

McKenzie, E.H.C. (1986)

has host

Ficus carica L.

McKenzie, E.H.C. (1998)

has host

Ficus carica L.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

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.

Cerotelium fici (Castagne) Arthur 1917

Description

Type: Rust and Smut Fungi; Description: Uredinia scattered, sometimes grouped around edge of leaf, circular, powdery, pale reddish brown, up to 0.5 mm in diameter; on the lower surfaces of leaves, often in reddish-brown angular leaf spots with corresponding brown spots on the upper surface coalescing and becoming necrotic, also on fruit. Urediniospores globose to elliptical, 19–35 × 14–22 μm, sparsely echinulate.

Distribution

Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Waikato.; 1st Record: McKenzie (1986).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Fig rust can cause complete defoliation and may cause premature fruit drop. It requires warm and wet conditions for infection and development.; Host(s): Ficus carica, F. carica × pumila.