Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Details

Name scientific

Melanconium oblongum Berk., Grevillea 2 153 (1874)

Preferred name

Juglanconis oblonga (Berk.) Voglmayr & Jaklitsch 2017

Taxonomy reference

Voglmayr, H.; Castlebury, L.A.; Jaklitsch, W.M. 2017: Juglanconis gen. nov. on Juglandaceae, and the new family Juglanconidaceae (Diaporthales). Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 38: 136-155.

Nomenclature

Authors

Berk.

Original authors

Berk.

Publication place

Berkeley, M.J. 1874: Notices of North American fungi. Grevillea 2(22): 153-157.

Year published

1874

Publication page

153

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Type locality

USA

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Melanconium oblongum

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Sordariomycetes

Order

Diaporthales

Family

Melanconidaceae

Genus

Melanconium

Species

oblongum

Associations

View full associations record

Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Juglans nigra L.

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

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.

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Description

Type: Caulicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata abundant, scattered, acervular, erumpent, opening by an irregular fissure, 1.0–1.5 mm in diameter; on dead or dying branches. Masses of dark conidia exuded in damp weather alnost entirely cover the fruiting bodies. Conidia ellipsoid, 0-septate, 15–20 × 5–7 μm, brown, smooth.

Distribution

Distribution: Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Wanganui, Gisborne, Nelson, Westland.; 1st Record: Gadgil & Dick (2000a).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: This fungus and its teleomorph are associated with dieback in Juglans spp. in the USA. Only minor damage is caused in New Zealand where the teleomorph is not known.; Host(s): Juglans nigra.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Melanconium oblongum Berk. (1874)

Berkeley, M.J. (1874)

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Melanconium oblongum Berk. (1874)

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

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Melanconium oblongum Berk. (1874)

Gadgil, P.D.; Dick, M.A. (2000)

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Melanconium oblongum Berk. (1874)

Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Saccardo, P.A. (1884)

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Melanconium oblongum Berk.

Voglmayr, H.; Castlebury, L.A.; Jaklitsch, W.M. (2017)

Juglanconis oblonga (Berk.) Voglmayr & Jaklitsch 2017

Global name resources

Index Fungorum - Melanconium oblongum

MycoBank - Melanconium oblongum Berk.

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Melanconium oblongum Berk. 1874

Canada

Metadata

Record id

1cb1928b-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Fungi

Date added

5 February 2000

Date last updated

25 January 2017

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