Podosphaera tridactyla (Wallr.) de Bary 1870

Details

Name scientific

Podosphaera tridactyla (Wallr.) de Bary, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 7 408 (1870)

Preferred name

Podosphaera tridactyla (Wallr.) de Bary 1870

Taxonomy reference

Braun, U.; Cook, R.T.A. 2012: Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews). CBS Biodiversity Series. 11. 707 p.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

A species complex comprising at least 12 different species Meeboon et al., https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2019.1698924

Nomenclature

Combination authors

de Bary

Original authors

Wallr.

Authors

(Wallr.) de Bary

Publication place

de Bary, H.A. 1870: Eurotium, Erysiphe, Cicinnobolus. Nebst Bemerkungen über die Geschlechtsorgane der Ascomyceten. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 7: 361-455.

Year published

1870

Publication page

408

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Alphitomorpha tridactyla Wallr. 1833

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Podosphaera tridactyla

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Leotiomycetes

Order

Helotiales

Family

Erysiphaceae

Genus

Podosphaera

Species

tridactyla

Synonyms

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Prunus ×domestica L.

Amano, K. (1986)

has host

Prunus ×domestica L.

Boesewinkel, H.J. (1980)

has host

Prunus avium L.

Cunningham, G.H. (1925)

has host

Prunus ×domestica L.

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Prunus ×domestica L.

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

has host

Prunus avium L.

Kirk, T.W. (1905)

has host

Prunus ×domestica L.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Prunus armeniaca L.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Prunus laurocerasus L.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Dingley, J.M. 1969: Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin. 192.

Podosphaera oxyacanthae var. tridactyla (Wallr.) E.S. Salmon 1900

Notes

It is recorded from a laurel hedge near Dunedin.

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.

Podosphaera tridactyla (Wallr.) de Bary 1870

Description

Type: Powdery Mildews; Description: Mycelium superficial, evanescent, white; on leaves and shoots. Appressoria not lobed. Ascomata not known in New Zealand. Conidiophores 70–120 × 7–8 μm. Conidia produced in long chains, elliptical, 0-septate, 23–32 × 14–18 μm, smooth, hyaline.

Distribution

Distribution: Dunedin.; 1st Record: Kirk (1905: as Podosphaera oxyacanthae).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: None. Although occasionally recorded on peach, it appears to cause no damage. Another powdery mildew found on peach, Sphaerotheca pannosa, is common and causes russeting of fruit.; Host(s): Prunus avium, P. ×domestica, P. lusitanica, P. persica.

Meeboon, Jamjan; Takamatsu, Susumu; Braun, Uwe 2020: Morphophylogenetic analyses revealed that Podosphaera tridactyla constitutes a species complex. Mycologia 112(2): 244-266.