Penicillium italicum Wehmer 1894

Details

Name scientific

Penicillium italicum Wehmer, Hedwigia 33 211 (1894)

Preferred name

Penicillium italicum Wehmer 1894

Taxonomy reference

Pitt, J.I.; Samson, R.A.; Frisvad, J.C. List of accepted species and their synonyms in the family Trichocomaceae. In: Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification. Harwood Academic Publishers. 9-49 of 510 p..

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

Wehmer

Original authors

Wehmer

Publication place

Wehmer, C.F.W. 1894: Eine neue Sklerotien-bildende Penicillium-Species (P. italicum m.). Hedwigia 33: 211-214.

Year published

1894

Publication page

211

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Penicillium italicum Wehmer 1894

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Penicillium italicum

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Eurotiomycetes

Order

Eurotiales

Family

Aspergillaceae

Genus

Penicillium

Species

italicum

Synonyms

Penicillium japonicum G. Sm. 1963

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.f.

Brien, R.M. (1939)

has host

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.f.

Cunningham, G.H. (1925)

has host

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.f.

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Citrus

Fullerton, R.A.; Harris, F.M. et al. Fullerton, R.A.; Harris, F.M.; Hurrell, J.C.; Pennycook, S.R.; Sale, P.R.

has host

Carica ×heilbornii var. pentagona (Heilborn) V.M.Badillo

Harman, J.E. (1983)

has host

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.f.

Neill, J.C. (1937)

has host

Carica ×heilbornii var. pentagona (Heilborn) V.M.Badillo

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

isolated from

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.f.

ICMP (3 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.f.

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.

Penicillium italicum Wehmer 1894

Notes

This species occurs with Penicillium digitatum as an important fungus in storage rot of citrus fruits (Neill, 1937). Fletcher (1955a) showed that losses due to P. italicum were greatly reduced if fruit was dipped in 2,4,5-T and packed in diphenyl wraps prior to storing.