Pestalotiopsis maculans (Corda) Nag Raj 1985

Details

Name scientific

Pestalotiopsis maculans (Corda) Nag Raj, Mycotaxon 22 47 (1985)

Preferred name

Pestalotiopsis maculans (Corda) Nag Raj 1985

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

(Corda) Nag Raj

Original authors

Corda

Combination authors

Nag Raj

Publication place

Nag Raj, T.R. 1985: Redisposals and redescriptions in the Monochaetia-Seiridium, Pestalotia-Pestalotiopsis complexes. I. The correct name for the type species of Pestalotiopsis. Mycotaxon 22(1): 43-51.

Year published

1985

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Sporocadus maculans Corda 1839

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pestalotiopsis maculans

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Sordariomycetes

Order

Amphisphaeriales

Family

Sporocadaceae

Genus

Pestalotiopsis

Species

maculans

Synonyms

Sporocadus maculans Corda 1839

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Banksia integrifolia L.f.

anon. (2001)

has host

Ribes nigrum L.

Anonymous (2002)

has host

Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude

Anonymous (2002)

has host

Laurus nobilis L.

Anonymous (2003)

has host

Camellia japonica L.

Brien, R.M. (1946)

has host

Camellia sasanqua Thunb.

Brien, R.M.; Dingley, J.M. (1959)

has host

Camellia japonica L.

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Rhododendron

Farr, D.F.; Bartolome Esteban, H.; Palm, M.E. (1996)

has host

Camellia japonica L.

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

has host

Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude

McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (2004)

has host

Camellia japonica L.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

isolated from

Banksia

ICMP (1 records from New Zealand.)

isolated from

Banksia integrifolia L.f.

ICMP (1 records from New Zealand.)

isolated from

Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

ICMP (1 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Diospyros kaki L.f.

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Dracophyllum

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

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.

Pestalotiopsis maculans (Corda) Nag Raj 1985

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata acervular, scattered to gregarious, subepidermal be-coming erumpent, oval, black, 0.2–0.5 mm in diameter; on both sides of leaves. Conidia fusiform, straight to slightly curved, 4-septate, 19–28 × 6–9 μm, smooth, apical and basal cells hyaline, intermediate cells in various shades of brown; apical cell extending into an irregularly branched hyaline tubular appendage, appendage branches usually 2–3 occasionally 5, irregularly spaced, flexuous; basal appendage usually absent.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, Mid Canterbury.; 1st Record: Brien (1946: as Pestalotia guepini).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Probably a secondary pathogen invading damaged tissue on leaves; of minor importance (Dingley 1969).; Host(s): Camellia japonica, C. reticulata, C. sasanqua, Rhododendron sp.