Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partridge & Morgan-Jones 2002

Details

Name scientific

Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partridge & Morgan-Jones, Mycotaxon 83 350 (2002)

Preferred name

Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partridge & Morgan-Jones 2002

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

(Peck) Partridge & Morgan-Jones

Original authors

Peck

Combination authors

Partridge & Morgan-Jones

Publication place

Partridge, E.C.; Morgan-Jones, G. 2002: Notes on Hyphomycetes. LXXXVIII. New genera in which to classify Alysidium resinae and Pycnostysanus azaleae, with a consideration of Sorocybe. Mycotaxon 83: 335-352.

Year published

2002

Publication page

350

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Periconia azaleae Peck 1873

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Seifertia azaleae

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Pleosporales

Family

Melanommataceae

Genus

Seifertia

Species

azaleae

Synonyms

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Rhododendron

Brien, R.M.; Dingley, J.M. (1957)

has host

Rhododendron

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Rhododendron

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

has host

Rhododendron

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

has host

Rhododendron

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Rhododendron

Andrianova, T.V.; Minter, D.W. (2005)

has host

Podocarpus hallii Kirk

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Rhododendron

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Rhododendron ponticum

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.

Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941

Notes

Leaf scorch and bud blast of Rhododendron sp. have been recorded occasionally in the Auckland area and from New Plymouth. It is of minor economic importance in nursery stock.

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.

Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason 1941

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiophores aggregated into stout coremia; coremia sterile below, branching above to form a conidia-bearing head, dark brown to black, 0.5–1 mm tall. Conidia subglobose to elliptical, 5–7 μm long, produced in acropetal succession, forming branching chains, smooth, dark brown.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki.; 1st Record: Brien & Dingley (1957).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Causes leaf-scorch and bud blast, which are a minor problem in nurseries (Dingley 1969).; Host(s): Rhododendron sp.