Click for help
Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909

Scientific name record
Names_Fungi record source
Is NZ relevant
This is a synonym
This record has collections
This record has descriptions

Click to collapse Details Info

Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn., Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., 118 1234 (1909)
Sydowia polyspora (Bref. & Tavel) E. Müll. 1953

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

(Corda) Höhn.
Corda
Höhn.
Höhnel, F.X.R. von 1909: Fragmente zur Mykologie (VIII. Mitteilung, Nr. 354 bis 406). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 118: 1157-1246.
1909
1234
ICN
Sphaeronaema pithyophilum Corda 1840
species
Sclerophoma pithyophila

Click to collapse Classification Info

Fungi
Ascomycota
Sclerophoma
pithyophila

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

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.

Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909

Type: Caulicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata pycnidial, scattered or gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent, globose to irregular, black, 0.1–0.3 mm in diameter; on young shoots and less commonly on needles. Conidia ovate, 0-septate, 4–8 × 2–3 μm, smooth, hyaline. In culture, this fungus produces a Hormonema state (Hormonema dematioides Lagerberg & Melin) which is a smooth, black colony covered with a whitish slimy mass of conidia. The appearance is very similar to that of colonies of Aureobasidium pullulans (de Bary) G.Arnaud.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Rangitikei, Taupo, Wanganui, Wellington, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Nelson, Westland, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Mackenzie, Central Otago, Dunedin, Southland.; 1st Record: Gadgil (1971).
Significance: Although it is not a primary pathogen, this fungus colonises tissues killed by frost and then invades healthy tissues, causing dieback, cankers, and needle blight (Gadgil 1971). It can be a problem after unseasonable frosts.; Host(s): Pinus contorta, P. radiata.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. (1909)
Butin, H. (1963)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn.
Funk, A (1981)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn.
Gadgil, P.D. (1971)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. (1909)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn.
Hermanides-Nijhof, E.J. (1977)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. (1909)
Höhnel, F.X.R. von (1909)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. (1909)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. (1909)
Ridley, G.S.; Dick, M.A. (2001)

Click to collapse Collections Info

Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
Germany
2 Link to an external page
Sclerophoma pithyophila (Corda) Höhn. 1909
New Zealand
Mackenzie
1 Link to an external page

Click to collapse Metadata Info

1cb1a339-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
15 May 2001
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top