Globisporangium echinulatum (V.D. Matthews) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish. 2010

Caption:

Details

Name scientific

Globisporangium echinulatum (V.D. Matthews) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish., Mycoscience 51 361 (2010)

Preferred name

Globisporangium echinulatum (V.D. Matthews) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish. 2010

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(V.D. Matthews) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish.

Original authors

V.D. Matthews

Combination authors

Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish.

Publication place

Uzuhashi, S.; Tojo, M.; Kakishima, M. 2010: Phylogeny of the genus Pythium and description of new genera. Mycoscience 51: 337-365.

Year published

2010

Publication page

361

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pythium echinulatum V.D. Matthews 1931

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Globisporangium echinulatum

Classification

Kingdom

Chromista

Phylum

Oomycota

Class

Oomycetes

Order

Peronosporales

Family

Pythiaceae

Genus

Globisporangium

Species

echinulatum

Synonyms

Pythium echinulatum V.D. Matthews 1931

Associations

View full associations record

Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Malus ×domestica Borkh.

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

has host

Daucus carota var. sativus (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Daucus carota var. sativus (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens

Robertson, G.I. (1976)

has host

Daucus carota var. sativus (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens

Robertson, G.I. (1980)

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.

Pythium echinulatum V.D. Matthews 1931

Description

Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on corn meal agar submerged with a rosette pattern, no aerial mycelium, main hyphae up to 8 μm wide. Sporangia terminal or intercalary, globose to subglobose, mostly in chains of 2–4, 12–30 μm in diameter. Oogonia terminal or intercalary, globose to subglobose, 17–30 μm in diameter, wall echinulate with acute, conical projections, 1–5 μm long. Antheridia one per oogonium, usually hypogenous. Oospores aplerotic, 15–27 μm in diameter.

Distribution

Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough.; 1st Record: Robertson (1976).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Infrequently isolated from damped-off seedlings and reported to be slightly pathogenic to roots of vegetable seedlings (Robertson 1976).; Host(s): Malus ×domestica.