Pezicula alba E.J. Guthrie 1959

Details

Name scientific

Pezicula alba E.J. Guthrie, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 42 504 (1959)

Preferred name

Phlyctema vagabunda Desm. 1847

Taxonomy reference

Chen, C.; Verkley, G.J.M.; Sun, G.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. 2016: Redefining common endophytes and plant pathogens in Neofabraea, Pezicula, and related genera. Fungal Biology 120(11): 1291-1322.

Nomenclature

Original authors

E.J. Guthrie

Authors

E.J. Guthrie

Publication place

Guthrie, E.J. 1959: The occurrence of Pezicula alba sp. nov. and P. malicorticis, the perfect states of Gloeosporium album and G. perennans, in England. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 42(4): 502-506.

Year published

1959

Publication page

504

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pezicula alba E.J. Guthrie 1959

Type locality

England

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pezicula alba

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Leotiomycetes

Order

Helotiales

Family

Dermateaceae

Genus

Pezicula

Species

alba

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Malus sylvestris

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Malus ×domestica Borkh.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Salix matsudana Koidz.

van Kraayenoord, C.W.S.

Descriptions

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

Pezicula alba E.J. Guthrie 1959

Notes

It is suggested by Brook (1957) that this fungus had been previously recorded by Taylor and Brien (1943) as Neofabraea malicorticis (Cordley) Jackson; he showed that together with Pezicula malicorticis it is responsible for ripe spot on apple fruits; it overwinters on trees as a dieback on small stubs left after pruning. Padfield and Cooper (1965) showed that storing fruit at temperatures a little above freezing held up the development of the fungus for 120-180 days. In some seasons, especially when fruit has been picked late in the season, it is an important pathogen.