Pseudocercospora ceanothi (Kellerm. & Swingle) Y.L. Guo & X.J. Liu 1989

Details

Name scientific

Pseudocercospora ceanothi (Kellerm. & Swingle) Y.L. Guo & X.J. Liu, Mycosystema 2 230 (1989)

Preferred name

Pseudocercospora ceanothi (Kellerm. & Swingle) Y.L. Guo & X.J. Liu 1989

Taxonomy reference

Crous, P.W.; Braun, U. 2003: Mycosphaerella and its anamorphs: 1. Names published in Cercospora and Passalora. CBS Biodiversity Series. 1.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Y.L. Guo & X.J. Liu

Original authors

Kellerm. & Swingle

Authors

(Kellerm. & Swingle) Y.L. Guo & X.J. Liu

Publication place

Guo, Y.L.; Liu, X.J. 1989: Studies on the genus Pseudocercospora in China I. Mycosystema 2: 225-240.

Year published

1989

Publication page

230

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Cercospora ceanothi Kellerm. & Swingle 1888

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pseudocercospora ceanothi

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Capnodiales

Family

Mycosphaerellaceae

Genus

Pseudocercospora

Species

ceanothi

Synonyms

Cercospora ceanothi Kellerm. & Swingle 1888

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Ceanothus

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

has host

Ceanothus

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Ceanothus

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Ceanothus

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

has host

Ceanothus

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

Descriptions

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

Cercospora ceanothi Kellerm. & Swingle 1888

Pathogenicity

An angular leaf spot [of Ceanothus sp.] due to Cercospora ceanothi was found to be troublesome only when cuttings from infected material were used for propagating under mist.

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.

Pseudocercospora ceanothi (Kellerm. & Swingle) Y.L. Guo & X.J. Liu 1989

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Mycelium internal, aggregated into dark olivaceous stromata. Conidio-phores in dense fascicles, slightly wavy, sooty to olivaceous brown, 5–50 × 2–4 μm; conidiogenous cells with inconspicuous scars. Conidia obclavate to cylindrical, curved, septa indistinct, 20–100 × 2–4 μm, subhyaline to olivaceous brown. Leaf spots dark or reddish brown, circular to angular, 1–4 mm in diameter, with a slightly darker margin, on both sides of leaves.

Distribution

Distribution: Taranaki.; 1st Record: Brien & Dingley (1957: as Cercospora ceanothi).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Troublesome only when cuttings from infected material were grown under mist (Dingley 1969).; Host(s): Ceanothus sp.