Scirrhia pini A. Funk & A.K. Parker 1966

Details

Name scientific

Scirrhia pini A. Funk & A.K. Parker, Canad. J. Bot. 44 1171 (1966)

Preferred name

Dothistroma septosporum (Dorog.) M. Morelet 1968

Taxonomy reference

Barnes, I.; Crous, P.W.; Wingfield, B.D.; Wingfield, M.J. 2004: Multigene phylogenies reveal that red band needle blight of Pinus is caused by two distinct species of Dothistroma, D. septosporum and D. pini. Studies in Mycology. 50.

Nomenclature

Original authors

A. Funk & A.K. Parker

Authors

A. Funk & A.K. Parker

Publication place

Funk, A.; Parker, A.K. 1966: Canadian Journal of Botany 44

Year published

1966

Publication page

1171

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Scirrhia pini A. Funk & A.K. Parker 1966

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Scirrhia pini

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Capnodiales

Family

Mycosphaerellaceae

Genus

Scirrhia

Species

pini

Descriptions

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

Scirrhia pini A. Funk & A.K. Parker 1966

Notes

Red band needle cast of pines was observed by Gilmour (1965d, 1966b, 1967) in 1962 in a private pine plantation on the pumice country in the centre of the North Island. As this fungus attacks the current year's needles it can be of considerable economic importance. It is not known how this disease was introduced into New Zealand.