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Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984

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Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 83 164 (1984)
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984
Laundon, G.F. 1984: Diplodia pittospororum and Diplodia pittospori. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 83(1): 164-166.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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(Sacc.) G.F. Laundon
Sacc.
G.F. Laundon
Laundon, G.F. 1984: Diplodia pittospororum and Diplodia pittospori. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 83(1): 164-166.
1984
164
ICN
Diplodia pittospororum Sacc. 1892
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Microsphaeropsis pittospororum

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Dothideomycetes
Pleosporales
Didymellaceae
Microsphaeropsis
pittospororum

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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.

Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata pycnidial, scattered, separate, immersed, globose, greyish black, 0.15–0.3 mm in diameter, ostiolate; on dark purple to blackish leaf spots, with pale brown necrotic centres and dark purple to blackish margins, up to 2 mm in diameter, on both sides of leaves. Conidia ellipsoid to cylindrical, mostly 0-septate, 5–9 × 3–5 μm (occasionally 1-septate, 9–12 × 4–6 μm), ends rounded, smooth, yellowish brown (greyish black in mass).
Distribution: Taranaki, Wellington.; 1st Record: Laundon (1984).
Significance: A weak pathogen causing a small, dark leaf spot. According to Laundon (1984) some gardeners regard the spotting as a desirable ornamental characteristic.; Host(s): Pittosporum tenuifolium.

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Diplodia pittospori Celotti 1887
Diplodia pittospori Celotti (1887)
Celotti, L. (1887)
Diplodia pittospororum Sacc. 1892
Diplodia pittospororum Sacc. (1892)
Saccardo, P.A. (1892)
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon (1984)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon (1984)
Hitchmough, R. (compiler) (2002)
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon (1984)
Laundon, G.F. (1984)
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon 1984
Microsphaeropsis pittospororum (Sacc.) G.F. Laundon (1984)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)

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1 January 2001
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