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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973

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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 60 333 (1973)
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973

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Endemic
Present
New Zealand
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Anon

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G.F. Laundon
G.F. Laundon
Laundon, G.F. 1973: Records and taxonomic notes on plant disease fungi in New Zealand. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 60(2): 317-337.
1973
333
illegitimate
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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
Sphaeropsis cordylines Thüm. 1881 [1880-81]
NZ holotype (PDD 1587)
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Sphaeropsis cordylines

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Dothideomycetes
Botryosphaeriales
Botryosphaeriaceae
Sphaeropsis
cordylines

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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.

Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata pycnidial, scattered, immersed becoming erumpent, subglobose, black, 0.2–0.4 mm in diameter with a papillate ostiole; on necrotic, elongated, confluent, dark brown leaf spots with a grey brown centre and a definite margin, on both sides of leaves. Conidia globose to ellipsoid, 0-septate, 15–28 × 10–18 μm, finely reticulate-echinulate, smoky brown.
Distribution: Waikato, Wellington, Mid Canterbury, Dunedin.; 1st Record: Laundon (1973).
Significance: Laundon (1973) considered this fungus to be weakly pathogenic.; Host(s): Cordyline australis, C. banksii.

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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon (1973)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon (1973)
Laundon, G.F. (1973)
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon (1973)
Pennycook, S.R. (1989)
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon (1973)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)

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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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New Zealand
Dunedin
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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
New Zealand
Taupo
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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
New Zealand
Waikato
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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
New Zealand
Wairarapa
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Sphaeropsis cordylines G.F. Laundon 1973
New Zealand
Wanganui
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