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Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883

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Taphrina betulina Rostr., Tidsskrift for Skovbrug 6 246 (1883)
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883

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Exotic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region

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Rostr.
Rostr.
1883
246
ICN
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
species
Taphrina betulina

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betulina

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Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata none. Asci cylindrical or clavate, 34–65 × 13–17 μm, with a distinct stalk cell; forming a more or less continuous layer on the lower surfaces of pale, distorted and thickened leaves borne on the short shoots forming witches’ brooms. Ascospores soon budding within the ascus and filling it with numerous globose to elliptical blastospores. Blastospores 0-septate, 3–6 × 4–6 μm, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Wellington.; 1st Record: Dingley (1970).
Significance: Infection by T. betulina produces large witches’ brooms, 1 m or more in diameter. Leaves bearing the fungus are soon shed.; Host(s): Betula pendula.

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Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. (1883)
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. (1883)
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. (1883)
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. (1883)
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Taphrina betulina Rostr. (1883)
Taphrina turgida Sadeb. 1895

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Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Finland
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Germany
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Sweden
Taphrina betulina Rostr. 1883
Switzerland

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5 March 2000
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