Scolecobasidium constrictum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Scolecobasidium constrictum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Arachis, Gmelina, Hevae (roots), Palmae, Petroselinum, Sargassum, Theobroma, Triticum, Vitis, Zea. Also from air, decaying leaves and soil; brain and lung of cat and cerebellum of chicken. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprobe. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Egypt, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania. Asia: India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Sri Lanka. Australasia & Oceania: Australia. Europe: UK. North America: Canada, USA. South America: Brazil. TRANSMISSION: Presumably via conidia dispersed by air or water, or movement of infected soil or plant debris.

Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Arthrinium phaeospermum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Agropyron, Ammophila, Anona, Araucaria, Arundinaria, Arachis, Argemone, Arrhenatherum, Arundo, Bambusa, Brassica, Bromus, Calamagrostis, Carex, Cocos, Citrus, Cladium, Coelogyne, Coffea, Cortaderia, Cratueva, Dactylis, Dendrocalamus, Dioscorea, Eleusine, Elymus, Fagus, Fragaria, Glyceria, Gynerium, Hedera, Hordeum, Justicia, Lens, Liriope, Lycopersicon, Magnolia, Malus, Maranta, Musa, Nicotiana, Oryza, Panicum, Persea, Phalaris, Phaseolus, Pinus, Pisum, Phragmites, Phyllostachys, Picea, Pinus, Piper, Prunus, Psamma, Pteridium, Ranwolfia, Saccharum, Smilax, Solanum, Sorghum, Tectona, Theobroma, Trifolium, Triticum, Valeriana, Vigna, Vitis, Zea; also from air, animals (including man), soil and plant debris, straw, silage and wood. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; frequently encountered as a secondary invader (of potato tubers) or as a saprophyte. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Algeria, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa Spain (Canary Islands), Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ASIA: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Philippines, Thailand. AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA: Australia, Guadalcanal, New Zealand. EUROPE: Cyprus, Eire, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK. NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina. TRANSMISSION: By unknown means.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Stachybotrys parvispora. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Agave, Ananas, Cajanus, Coffea, Ficus, Hevea (roots), Scaphocalyx, Setaria. Also from soil. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; frequently encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprobe. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone. Asia: Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia). North America: USA. TRANSMISSION: Presumably via conidia dispersed by air or water, or movement of infected soil or plant debris.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Scolecobasidium humicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Borassus, Ceroplastes (on Citrus), Clerodendrum, Coccothrinax, Hevea, Mangifera, Musa, Periconia (on Thuja), Psidium, Triticum. Also from grain, paint, roots, seawater and soil. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprobe. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Nigeria. Asia: Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Sri Lanka. Australasia & Oceania: Papua New Guinea. Europe: UK. North America: Canada, USA. Central America & West Indies: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad. South America: Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: Presumably via conidia dispersed by air or water, or movement of infected soil or plant debris.


Author(s):  
M. A. J. Williams

Abstract A description is provided for Cercospora melongenae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Solanum melongenum (aubergine or eggplant); also S. aethiopicum and S. incanum. DISEASE: Leafspot. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Asia: Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Australasia and Oceania: Fiji; North America: Jamaica, Trinidad; South America: Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: Presumably by air-borne, or rain-splash dispersed, conidia.


Author(s):  
G. C. Kinsey

Abstract A description is provided for Phoma terrestris. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Pink root of Allium spp., principally onion but also affecting leek, shallot, garlic and chive. Possibly also a soil-borne saprobe and opportunistically pathogenic on other plants. HOSTS: From roots of Allium spp. Many other hosts reported, including Agropyron, Agrostis, Andropogon, Apostasia, Arctostaphylos, Artemisia, Arthraxon, Asparagus, Avena, Bambusa, Bouteloua, Bromus, Calamovilfa, Cenchrus, Chrysothamnus, Citrus, Clermontia, Cordia, Cucumis, Cucurbita, Cymbopogon, Cynodon, Dactylis, Dioscorea, Distichlis, Echinochloa, Elymus, Eragrostis, Eucalyptus, Festuca, Fragaria, Gentiana, Glycine, Hebe, Holcus, Hordeum, Ipomoea, Juniperus, Kentia, Koeleria, Lepidium, Linum, Lycospersicon, Medicago, Melilotus, Muhlenbergia, Musa, Oryza, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Phaseolus, Phleum, Pinus, Piper, Pisum, Poa, Populus, Purshia, Ribes, Rumex, Saccharum, Salix, Salvinia, Schedonnardus, Setaria, Sitanion, Solanum, Sorghum, Spinacia, Stipa, Trifolium, Triticum, Verbascum, Vigna, Vulpia and Zea. Also from soil, air, plant debris, cysts of the beet (Beta) cyst-nematode Heterodera and nasal swab of horse (Equus). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide. Records on Allium spp. include AFRICA: Egypt, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda. NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela. ASIA: Brunei, China (Hong Kong), Israel, Mauritius, Pakistan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia, New Zealand. EUROPE: Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Netherlands, Poland. TRANSMISSION: Soil-borne.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Pithomyces maydicus. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Albizzia, Andropogon, Brassica, Cacuo, Calapogonium, Centrosema, Chasmopodium, Cinnamomum, Citrus, Coix, Colocasia, Elaeis, Gladiolus, Glycine, Hevea, Lycopersicon, Mangifera, Ochlandra, Oryza, Pinus, Pueraria, Podocarpus, Salvinia, Saccharum, Sorghum, Theobroma, Vanda, Vitex, Zea; also from soil and wood. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; frequently encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprophyte. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo. ASIA: Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Sri Lanka. AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA: New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Honduras, Jamaica. SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Guyana, Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: By unknown means.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Puccinia substriata Ell. & Barth. Var. penicillariae (Speg.) Ramachar & Cumm. Hosts: Pennisetum and Solanum. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, ASIA, India (Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madras, Maharashtra), (Rajasthan), (Mysore), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Yemen, NORTH AMERICA, USA (S.E), SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil (Sao Paulo), Venezuela.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Nimbya gomphrenae (Togashi) E.G. Simmons syn. Alternaria gomphrenae Togashi. Hosts: Gomphrena globosa. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Java, Japan, Kampuchea, Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia, Queensland, NORTH AMERICA, USA, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Trinidad.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Xiphinema ifacolum Luc. Nematoda. Hosts: Polyphagous. Major host is rice (Oryza sativa). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (Sri Lanka), Africa (Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo), South America (Brazil, Bahia, Para).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) W. Gams and D. Hawksw. Hosts: Oryza sativa, Bambusa spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Burundi, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, ASIA, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, NORTH AMERICA, USA, LA Mexico, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil.


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