Septoria azaleae Voglino 1899

Details

Name scientific

Septoria azaleae Voglino, Malpighia 13 73 (1899)

Preferred name

Sphaerulina azaleae (Voglino) Quaedvlieg, Verkley & Crous 2013

Taxonomy reference

Quaedvlieg, W.; Verkley, G.J.M.; Shin, H.-D.; Barreto, R.W.; Alfenas, A.C.; Swart, W.J.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. 2013: Sizing up Septoria. Studies in Mycology 75: 307-390.

Nomenclature

Authors

Voglino

Original authors

Voglino

Publication place

Voglino, P. 1899: Malpighia 13

Year published

1899

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Septoria azaleae Voglino 1899

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Septoria azaleae

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Capnodiales

Family

Mycosphaerellaceae

Genus

Septoria

Species

azaleae

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)

has host

Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

Descriptions

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.

Septoria azaleae Voglino 1899

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata pycnidial, scattered, immersed, subglobose, black, 0.1–0.15 mm in diameter; on reddish yellow to reddish brown leaf spots which usually begin to develop at the tip of the leaf but eventually cover most of it. Conidia oblong-linear to subcylindrical, straight or somewhat curved, (1–)3(–4)-septate, 15–20 × 1–3 μm, smooth, hyaline, exuded in tendrils.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Wellington.; 1st Record: Dingley (1969).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Locally common but of little importance.; Host(s): Rhododendron indicum.