Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon 2004
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Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon, New Zealand J. Bot. 42 922 (2004)
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon 2004
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Nomenclature
(Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon
Berk.
P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon
2004
922
ICN
species
Diplochorella colensoi
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has host
Descriptions
Orbicular, about one line broad, pitch-black, minutely granulated, fertile on either side. Cells minute, white within.
orbicularis, utrinque fertilis, cellulis minutissimis.
I have not seen perfect fruit, but it is a very distinct species.
On decaying leaves, Colenso.
Tar spot (Diplochorella melicyti) on leaves of Melicytus is common throughout New Zealand. Both host and fungus are indigenous to New Zealand. This is probably the fungus imperfectly described by Berkeley (1855) as Dothidea colensoi.
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon 2004
Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata stromatic, perithecial, scattered, subepidermal, partially erumpent later, roughly circular, dark brown, up to 0.1 mm in diameter; on black, thickened, angular leaf spots up to 2 mm in diameter, coincident on both surfaces of leaves. Asci cylindrical, 50–65 × 10–12 μm. Ascospores fusoid, 1-septate, 20–25 × 4–5 μm, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Wellington, Kaikoura, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury.; 1st Record: Berkeley (1855: as Dothidea colensoi); Sydow & Sydow (1904: as Dothidella melicyti).
Significance: The fungus appears to cause premature yellowing of leaves but is of little significance.; Host(s): Melicytus ramiflorus.
[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Kew images.
[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Although the host plant was not identified in the original description (Massee 1898), judging on its macroscopic appearance, it could be a species of Pseudopanax. The macroscopic appearance and microscopic description of this fungus fits the common Pseudopanax pathogen, Placosoma nothopanicis.
Taxonomic concepts
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon 2004
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon (2004)
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon 2004
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon (2004)
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon 2004
Diplochorella colensoi (Berk.) P.R. Johnst. & P.F. Cannon (2004)
Diplochorella melicyti (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1915)
Diplochorella melicyti (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1915)
Diplochorella melicyti (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1915)
Diplochorella melicyti (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1915)
Diplochorella melicyti (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1915)
Dothidella melicyti Syd. & P. Syd. (1904)
Parodiella maculata Massee (1898)
Phyllachora colensoi (Berk.) Sacc. (1883)
Phyllachora colensoi (Berk.) Sacc. (1883)
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taxonomic status
Sequence data indicates this is a member of the Asterinales [JAC]
Metadata
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13 January 2003
14 January 2005