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Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925

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Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon
Whether the NZ fungus (or fungi) causing leaf spots on Metrosideros excelsa match the biologically similar fungus from the Hawaiian type locality is not known,. An ITS sequence from ICMP 19619 (ex leaf spot ex Metrosideros exclesa) in the genus Mycodiella

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F. Stevens & P.A. Young
F. Stevens & P.A. Young
Stevens, F.L. 1925: Hawaiian fungi. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 19.
1925
104
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Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
HI, USA
species
Mycosphaerella metrosideri
Type USA, Hawaii

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Dothideomycetes
Capnodiales
Mycosphaerellaceae
Mycosphaerella
metrosideri

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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.

Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata perithecial, in groups, immersed becoming erumpent, globose, black, up to 1 mm in diameter; in groups of 4–5 across the central part of distinct, round, leaf spots which are pale in the centre, with a broad, red brown, slightly-raised margin on the upper surfaces of leaves. Asci clavate, 40–55 × 18 μm. Ascospores ellipsoid, 1-septate, 20–25 × 3–6 μm, apex acute, base rounded, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Auckland.; 1st Record: McKenzie et al. (1999)
Significance: None.; Host(s): Metrosideros excelsa.
Stevens, F.L. 1925: Hawaiian fungi. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 19.

Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925

On living leaves of Metrosideros polymorpha. Oahu: Wahiawa, May 31, no. 159; Kahili Valley, June 2, no. 183; Olympus, June 24, no. 716; Hawaii: Kohala, July 2, 1919, Lyon no. 481.
Spots circular, 2-4 mm in diameter, centre white, margin raised, brown to black, surrounded by a brown, discolored area. Perithecia epiphyllous, 45-100 µ, immersed; ostiole distinct. Asci clavate, somethimes irregular and curved, 40-55 µ by 18 µ. Spores hyaline, 1-septate, 20-25 µ by 3-6 µ, tapering towards one end.

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Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young (1925)
Bain, J. (2003)
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young (1925)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young (1925)
McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (1999)
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young (1925)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young (1925)
Stevens, F.L. (1925)
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young
Trotter, A. (1972)

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Mycosphaerella metrosideri F. Stevens & P.A. Young 1925
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Type USA, Hawaii

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1 January 2001
18 October 2005
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