Pestalotiopsis sydowiana (Bres.) B. Sutton 1961

Details

Name scientific

Pestalotiopsis sydowiana (Bres.) B. Sutton 1961

Preferred name

Pestalotiopsis sydowiana (Bres.) B. Sutton 1961

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

(Bres.) B. Sutton

Original authors

Bres.

Combination authors

B. Sutton

Publication place

Sutton, B.C. 1961: Coelomycetes I. Part A: developmental studies in Pestalotiopsis. Part B: five species of Pestalotiopsis. Mycological Papers. 80.

Year published

1961

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pestalotia sydowiana Bres. 1895

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pestalotiopsis sydowiana

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Sordariomycetes

Order

Amphisphaeriales

Family

Sporocadaceae

Genus

Pestalotiopsis

Species

sydowiana

Synonyms

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Rhododendron

McArthur, G.W.F.M. (1959)

has host

Rhododendron

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Rhododendron

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Rhododendron

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Rhododendron

Farr, D.F.; Bartolome Esteban, H.; Palm, M.E. (1996)

has host

Rhododendron

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

has host

Rhododendron

McArthur, G.W.F.M. (1959)

has host

Rhododendron

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Acca sellowiana

PDD (4 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Rhododendron

PDD (2 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

Descriptions

Dingley, J.M. 1969: Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin. 192.

Pestalotia sydowiana Bres. 1895

Notes

McArthur (1959) recorded it from leaves of Rhododendron from Palmerston North and New Plymouth. She stated that it occurs as a secondary parasite on leaves of plants that have been weakened through other causes such as wind damage or insect attack.

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.

Pestalotiopsis sydowiana (Bres.) B. Sutton 1961

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata acervular, densely gregarious, subepidermal becoming erumpent, globose to lenticular, black, 0.1–0.4 mm in diameter; on the upper surfaces of leaves. Conidia clavate, straight, rarely curved, 4-septate, 23–29 × 8–11 μm, smooth, apical and basal cells hyaline, intermediate cells dark brown; apical cell bearing a crest of 2–4 tubular, hyaline, flexuous appendages, 18–30 μm long; basal cell with a straight or slightly curved hyaline, centric appendage, 3–6 μm long.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Wellington.; 1st Record: McArthur (1959: as Pestalotia macrotricha).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: A secondary parasite of plants weakened through some other agency (McArthur 1959).; Host(s): Rhododendron indicum, Rhododendron sp.