Stachybotrys parvispora. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

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 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 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 Nigrospora sphaerica. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Abelmoschus, Acacia, Acropera, Album, Ananas, Anthurium, Amaranthus, Andropogon, Arachis, Aralia, Araucaria, Areca, Argemone, Artocarpus, Arundinaria, Asparagus, Axonopus, Bambusa, Banhinia, Bridelia, Brassica, Cajanus, Calamus, Calotropis, Camellia, Capsicum, Cardamomum, Carex, Carica, Coriandrum, Cenchrus, Centrosema, Chasmopodium, Chloris, Cicer, Cinnamomum, Citrullus, Citrus, Cocos, Coffea, Coix, Cola, Colea, Coriandrum, Crotalaria, Cucumis, Culcasia, Cupressus, Cymbopogon, Cyperus, Dianthus, Dichanthium, Dioscorea, Elaeis, Emblica, Erianthus, Eriobotrya, Eucalyptus, Euphorbia, Feronia, Ficus, Fragaria, Gladiolus, Glycine, Gomphrena, Gossypium, Hevea, Hibiscus, Hordeum, Hydrangea, Hymantrudae, Hyparrhenia, Ipomoea, Jatropha, Lactuca, Luffa, Lycopersicon, Macadamia, Mormodica, Morus, Lathyrus, Malus, Mangifera, Musa, Nicotiana, Neomarica, Nephelium, Nothofagus, Oncidium, Ophiuros, Oryza, Oxytenanthera, Panicum, Papaver, Pelargonium, Pennisetum, Pueraria, Phalaenopsis, Phaseolus, Phragmites, Physalis, Pinus, Piper, Pistia, Populus, Prunus, Pseudotsuga, Psidium, Psophocarpus, Pyrethrum, Raphanus, Ricinus, Robinia, Rosa, Rottboellia, Saccharum, Salvia, Shorea, Solanum, Sorghum, Sporobolus, Sphenoclea, Stevia, Stigmaphyllon, Strychnos, Tabebuia, Tabemaemontana, Theobroma, Trichosanthes, Trigonella, Triticum, Vicia, Vitex, Xanthosoma, Zea, Zizyphus; also from air, animals (including man and Ceroplastus), soil and plant debris, and stored foods. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; frequently encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprophyte. Associated with 'squirter' and 'black end' disease of banana. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain (Canary Islands), Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ASIA: Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Philippines, Sarawak, Sri Lanka, Syria. AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA: Australia, Fiji, Guadalcanal, New Zealand, Norfolk Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga. EUROPE: Italy, Turkey, UK. NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA. CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad, Windward Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: By unknown means.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Apiospora montagnei. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Acer, Agropyron, Ammophila, Andropogon, Arachis, Areca, Aristida, Arundinaria, Bambusa, Brassica, Capsicum, Carex, Chrysanthemum, Cicer, Cinnamomum, Coffea, Colocasia, Coriandrum, Cortaderia, Cucumis, Cupressus, Cynodon, Cyperus, Dactylis, Dendrocalamus, Desmostachya, Deschampsia, Dioscorea, Dolichos, Donax, Elaeis, Elymus, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Fagus, Ficus, Fragaria, Fraxinus, Gossypium, Hippocratea, Holcus, Hordeum, Hyparrhenia, Ilex, Lactuca, Lens, Leucaena, Lycopersicon, Malus, Manihot, Musa, Myrica, Nectandra, Nicotiana, Ochlandra, Oryza, Oxytenanthera, Phalaris, Phenacoccus, Phragmites, Pinus, Pisum, Prunus, Psamma, Pseudotsuga, Pyrus, Ricinus, Rottboellia, Saccharum, Sambucus, Sesamum, Solanum, Sorindeia, Spartinia, Spiraea, Stylosanthes, Themeda, Theobroma, Triticum, Urtica, Vigna, Vitis, Zea; also from air, animals, hay, food (bread, dried peas), molasses, soil and plant debris. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; frequently encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprophyte. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Portugal (Azores), Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ASIA: Burma, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand. AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, USA (Hawaii). EUROPE: Belgium, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Eire, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USSR. NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA. CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Cuba, Jamaica, Windward Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: By unknown means.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Pithomyces sacchari. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Abrus, Anacardium, Ananas, Andropogon, Areca, Aristida, Arundinella, Borassus, Cajanus, Camellia, Canavalia, Casuarina, Citrus, Coffea, Coix, Cycas, Cynodon, Dioscorea, Elaeis, Eucalyptus, Gladiolus, Imperata, Lolium, Lucerne, Medicago, Musa, Nicotiana, Ophiuros, Oryza, Peltophorum, Rhus, Saccharum, Sesamum, Sorghum, Themeda, Triticum, Vigna, Withania, Zea; also from air, food (milk, stored grain), soil and plant debris, textiles, and wood. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; frequently encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprophyte. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ASIA: Hong Kong, India, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka. AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA: Australia, Guadalcanal, New Caledonia, USA (Hawaii). NORTH AMERICA: USA. CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES: Jamaica, Trinidad. SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: By unknown means.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Scolecobasidium verruculosum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Bambusa, Hevea (roots), Oryza (roots). Also from soil. DISEASE: None as a primary pathogen of plants; encountered as a saprobe. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Cameroon, Congo, Sierra Leone. Asia: India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia). 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):  
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.


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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.


Author(s):  
J. A. Lunn

Abstract A description is provided for Rhizopus microsporus. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: In soil and plant debris and pathogenic for man and rabbit (alloxan-diabetic) (causing mycoses). DISEASE: Causes phycomycosis in man (RMVM 4, 882) and causes experimental phycomycosis in alloxan-diabetic rabbits (RMVM 7, 2628). It has also been reported from phycomycosis (stomach lesions) in a pig (Gitter & Austwick, 1959) but an isolate from this source proved to be R. rhizopodiformis (CMI Descript. 522). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Malaysia (Sabah), Sierra Leone, South Africa, UK. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne sporangiospores.


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