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Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert 1949

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Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19 340 (1949)
Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert 1949

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(Desm.) Steyaert
Desm.
Steyaert
1949
340
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Pestalotiopsis funerea

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Birch (1937b) listed it as a facultative parasite causing damping-off of seedlings. He stated that it had been isolated from living seeds of Cupressus ntacrocarpa and Agathis australis. He also noted that it caused stem and branch lesions on cypress trees of all ages. Gilmour (1966a) considered it a weak parasite of seedlings and suggested that it is a secondary invader to the damping-off fungi.

Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert 1949

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata acervular, scattered or gregarious, subepidermal be-coming erumpent, globose to depressed globose, black, 0.1–0.3 mm in diameter; on both sides of leaves and on succulent stems of young seedlings. Conidia fusiform, straight, 4-septate, 21–29 × 7–10 μm, apical and basal cells hyaline, intermediate cells olivaceous brown; apical cell bearing a crest of 3–6 tubular, hyaline flexuous appendages 5–20 μm long; basal cell with a straight, hyaline, centric appendage, 2–7 μm long.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Wanganui, Wellington, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Buller, Mid Canterbury.; 1st Record: Birch (1933: as Pestalozzia funerea).
Significance: A very common saprobe on conifers; pathogenicity doubtful. Recorded as a facultative parasite causing damping-off of seedlings (Birch 1937) and as a secondary invader of damaged tissue (Beresford & Mulholland 1982).; Host(s): Agathis australis, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Cryptomeria japonica, ×Cupressocyparis leylandii, Cupressus lusitanica, C. macrocarpa, C. sempervirens, Libocedrus plumosa, Pinus radiata, Platycladus orientalis, Thuja plicata.

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Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert 1949
Germany
Pestalotiopsis funerea (Desm.) Steyaert 1949
New Zealand
Auckland
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New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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New Zealand
Nelson
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New Zealand
New Zealand
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New Zealand
Waikato
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New Zealand
Wellington
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Papua New Guinea

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