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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950

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Bitanc. & Jenkins
Bitanc. & Jenkins
Bitancourt, A.A.; Jenkins, A.E. 1950: Estudos sôbre as Miriangiales. I. Dez novas espécies de Elsinoaceas descobertas no Brasil. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, São Paulo 19: 93-109.
1950
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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
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Sphaceloma psidii

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Dothideomycetes
Myriangiales
Elsinoaceae
Sphaceloma
psidii

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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.

Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950

In New Zealand Sphaceloma psidii occurs only in the Auckland area on leaves of feijoa. It infects some seedling trees, causing considerable distortion of the leaves.
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.

Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata acervular, intraepidermal, erumpent, elongated, pale brown; on small (1–3 mm diameter), scattered, occasionally confluent, roughly circular to irregular, greyish white leaf spots with a dark brown, wavy, slightly raised margin, on both sides of leaves. Conidiophores closely packed, septate, slightly inflated in the middle, tapering towards the apex, 30–200 μm long. Conidia globose to ovoid, 0-septate, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty.; 1st Record: Jenkins & Bitancourt (1955).
Significance: Locally significant in young plants, causing distortion of leaves (Dingley 1969).; Host(s): Feijoa sellowiana.

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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Bitancourt, A.A.; Jenkins, A.E. (1950)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Brien, R.M.; Dingley, J.M. (1951)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Dingley, J.M. (1969)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Jenkins, A.E.; Bitancourt, A.A. (1955)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Pennycook, S.R. (1989)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins (1950)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins
Rossman, Amy Y.; Cavan Allen, W. et al. (2016)
Elsinoe psidii (Bitanc. & Jenkins) Romberg & W.C. Allen 2016

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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
New Zealand
Auckland
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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
New Zealand
Northland
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Sphaceloma psidii Bitanc. & Jenkins 1950
New Zealand
Waikato
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22 May 2019
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