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Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941

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Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partridge & Morgan-Jones 2002

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(Peck) E.W. Mason
Peck
E.W. Mason
Mason, E.W. 1941: Annotated account of fungi received at the Imperial Mycological Institute. List II (Fascicle 3 - Special Part). Mycological Papers. 5.
1941
130
ICN
Periconia azaleae Peck 1873
species
Pycnostysanus azaleae

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Eurotiomycetes
Chaetothyriales
Herpotrichiellaceae
Pycnostysanus
azaleae

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

Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941

Leaf scorch and bud blast of Rhododendron sp. have been recorded occasionally in the Auckland area and from New Plymouth. It is of minor economic importance in nursery stock.
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.

Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiophores aggregated into stout coremia; coremia sterile below, branching above to form a conidia-bearing head, dark brown to black, 0.5–1 mm tall. Conidia subglobose to elliptical, 5–7 μm long, produced in acropetal succession, forming branching chains, smooth, dark brown.
Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki.; 1st Record: Brien & Dingley (1957).
Significance: Causes leaf-scorch and bud blast, which are a minor problem in nurseries (Dingley 1969).; Host(s): Rhododendron sp.

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Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason (1941)
Brien, R.M.; Dingley, J.M. (1957)
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason (1941)
Dingley, J.M. (1969)
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason (1941)
Farr, D.F.; Bartolome Esteban, H.; Palm, M.E. (1996)
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason (1941)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason (1941)
Mason, E.W. (1941)
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
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Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason (1941)
Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

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Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
New Zealand
Rangitikei
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Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941
New Zealand
Taranaki
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