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Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931

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Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21 525 (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Drechsler
Drechsler
1931
525
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Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
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Phytophthora megasperma

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megasperma

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Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931

Newhook (1959) recorded Phytophthora megasperma from soils associated with rootlet death of pines. Bassett (1961) isolated this fungus from nursery beds associated with damping-off of pine seedlings.

Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931

Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on agar slightly radiate, aerial mycelium fluffy. Chlamydospores not produced. Sporangia ovoid to obpyriform, 35–60 × 25–45 μm, non-papillate, proliferating internally. Oogonia subglobose, 42–52 μm in diameter, smooth. Antheridia mostly paragynous, ellipsoid. Oospores aplerotic, 26–50 μm.
Distribution: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Nelson, Dunedin.; 1st Record: Newhook (1958).
Significance: Minor. Associated with rootlet rot of Pinus radiata and isolated from forest nurseries (Bassett 1961).; Host(s): Actinidia deliciosa, Malus ×domestica, Pinus radiata, Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum, Robinia pseudoacacia.

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Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler 1931
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)
Phytophthora megasperma Drechsler var. megasperma (1931)

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1 January 2001
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