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Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953

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Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien, Special Publications, Plant Disease Survey 1 861 (1953)
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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(Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien
Cooke
F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien
1953
861
ICN
species
Mycosphaerella pittospori

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Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata perithecial, in groups, subepidermal, black, 80–100 μm in diameter; appearing as minute black dots on roughly circular, light brown to straw-coloured necrotic leaf spots with a reddish brown margin, up to 6 mm in diameter. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 30–40 × 15–20 μm. Ascospores elliptical, 1-septate, 8–10 × 3–4 μm, hyaline.
Distribution: Auckland.; 1st Record: Gadgil & Dick (2000a).
Significance: Causes little damage.; Host(s): Pittosporum umbellatum.

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Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien (1953)
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien (1953)
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien (1953)
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien (1953)
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953
Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien (1953)

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Mycosphaerella pittospori (Cooke) F.A. Weiss & M.J. O'Brien 1953
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1cb194b7-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
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7 February 2000
6 June 2001
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