Potebniamyces coniferarum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Potebniamyces coniferarum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On living and dead branches, stems and leaves of conifers: Picea excelsa, Abies grandis, A. alba, Cedrus atlantica, C. deodara, C. libani, Larix leptolepis, L. decidua, L. russica, L. × eurolepis, L. occidentalis, Pinus strobus, P. sylvestris, P. radiata, P. canariensis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, P. douglasii, P. glauca, P. taxifolia, Sequoia gigantea, S. wellingtonia, Tsuga heterophylla, T. canadensis. DISEASE: A facultative pathogen which causes twig die-back and basal canker on young shoots and elongate cankers on older stems. The latter may be annual or may persist for three or four years. Larix, Pinus and Pseudotsuga are particularly susceptible. The fungus also causes blue sap stain of conifer timber. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Europe (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, USSR, Romania, Iceland); North America (N.E. and N.W. USA, Canada); New Zealand. (CMI Map 320, ed. 2, 1968) TRANSMISSION: By splash-dispersed conidia and possibly by ascospores.