Rhytisma andromedae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Rhytisma andromedae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Andromeda glaucophylla (leaf), A. polifolia (leaf), Kalmia polifolia (stem), Lyonia ligustrina (leaf), Pieris phillyrifolia (leaf). Almost all records are on A. polifolia. DISEASE: Rhytisma andromedae is found on living and dead leaves and, often, twigs. In Scandinavia and Britain, the stroma forms during July, and conidia are produced in July and August (exceptionally September); stromata with immature ascomata are found between March and May of the following year. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Austria, Belarus, Canada (Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan), Eire, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Rumania, Russia (Archangelsk Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Tver Oblast), Sweden, UK (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine, USA (Alaska, Georgia, Maine, Virginia). In Norway the fungus has been recorded from as far north as 70° and is known up to altitudes of about 700 m (Eckblad & Torkelsen, 1986). TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in humid conditions; ascomata contain ascospores have been observed from May to early August.

Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Rhytisma salicinum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Tarspot disease of willow. HOSTS: Leaves of Salix acutifolia, S. amygdaloides, S. arbuscula, S. arctica. S. arctica var. brownei, S. arctophila, S. atrocinerea, S. atrocinerea × purpurea, S. aurita, S. barclayi, S. brachycarpa, S. caprea, S. cinerea, S. cordata, S. deprena, S. discolor, S. glauca, S. groenlandica, S. hastata, S. herbacea, S. herbacea × polaris, S. humilis, S. kitaibeliana, S. lanata, S. lapporum, S. lasiandra, S. linearifolia, S. longifolia, S. lucida, S. lutea, S. missouriensis, S. monticola, S. myrsinifolia, S. myrsinites, S. myrtilloides, S. nigra, S. nivalis, S. oleaefolia, S. pallasii, S. petiolaris, S. phlomoides, S. phylicifolia, S. piperi, S. polaris, S. pulchra, S. purpurea, S. repens, S. reticulata, S. richardsonii, S. rosmarinifolia, S. rostrata, S. rotundifolia, S. scouleriana, S. silesiaca, S. sitchensis, S. siuzewii, S. starkeana, S. triandra, S. uva-ursi, S. viminalis, Salix sp. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Belarus, Belgium, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China, Denmark, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Republic of Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India (Himachal Pradesh), Iran, Ireland. Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Latvia, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Rumania, Russia (Altaïskyi Krai, Irkutskaya Oblast, Kamchatskya Oblast, Karelia, Krasnoyarskyi Krai, Kursk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Mari, Murmansk Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Primorskyi Krai, Pskov Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Stavropolkyi Krai, Tambov Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Tula Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Voronezh Oblast), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK (England, Scotland, Wales), USA (Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming), Ukraine. Altitude records exist up to 3400m (India), 1950m (USA), 1500m (Greece), 1370m (Canada), 1100m (UK), 900m (Finland), 850m (Morocco), 660m (Ireland) and 600m (Ukraine). The distribution of Rhytisma salicinum is predominantly north-temperate to sub-arctic and circum-polar. In addition, the fungus can be encountered at higher altitudes in mediterranean countries as far south as north Africa. In Britain the species occurs predominantly in the north and west, though exceptional records are known. This may also perhaps indicate a preference for a cooler and wetter climate. The fungus is probably very widely distributed, and in some places may be locally abundant. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in humid conditions.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Leptorhaphis atomaria. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Ontario), USA (Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Washington), Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia (Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Republic of Khakassia, Tomsk Oblast and Tuva Republic), Turkey, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Republic of Karelia, Republic of Mordovia, Samara Oblast, Tver Oblast and Voronezh Oblast), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden Switzerland, Ukraine and UK) and hosts (Fraxinus sp., Arthrosporum populorum, Athallia pyracea, Caloplaca sp., Lecania cyrtella, Lecania naegelii, Lecanora albella, Lecanora pallida, Lecanora sambuci, Lecanora subfusca, Lecanora sp., Physcia adscendens, Strangospora microhaena, Xanthoria parietina, Fraxinus excelsior, Populus nigra, P. suavelolens, P. tremula, P. tremuloides, Populus sp., Salix sp., Sambucus nigra and Trentepohlia sp.).


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Hypohelion scirpinum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Hypohelion scirpinum usually occurs on dead fallen stems and leaves of Schoenoplectus lacustris. Virtually nothing is known about the ecology of this fungus, except for Ingold's observation that its life cycle is entirely aquatic. It seems likely however that, like many other members of the Rhytismataceae, the fungus colonizes the living plant, then fruits on those leaves and stems after they have died. HOSTS: Arundinaria macrosperma (stem), Plantae gen. indet. (leaf), Schoenoplectus lacustris (stem, dead floating stem), Scirpus lacustris var. occidentalis (stem), S. validus (stem), Scirpus sp. (stem). Almost all records are from Schoenoplectus lacustris, many of the others are misidentifications or synonyms for this plant. The record on Arundinaria is questionable. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Belgium, Canada (Saskatchewan), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Russia (Tver Oblast), Sweden, UK (England), Ukraine, USA (Dakota, Mississippi). A temperate northern hemisphere species of low altitude, not very acidic wetlands and slow flowing rivers. Rather infrequently recorded, with numbers of records declining, and some unsuccessful searches for this fungus in apparently suitable habitats in recent years. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in humid conditions.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Pseudohelotium pineti found on dead and whitened needles of Pinus sylvestris. Some information on its morphology, habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Canada (Manitoba, Sasktachewan), USA (Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia), India (Jammu and Kashmir), Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (Komi Republic, Leningrad Oblast, Pskov Oblast, Republic of Karelia), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and UK) and hosts (Pinus spp.).


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Clonostachys candelabrum, usually found on pine debris (typically dead, wet and blackened needles, twigs and cones attached to trash). Some information on its morphology, habitat, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, South Africa, USA (District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington), Brazil (Pernambuco), Chile, Venezuela, India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh), Japan, Korea Republic, Syria, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Spain (Canary Islands), Australia (Australian Capital Territory), New Zealand, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Belarus, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia (Leningrad Oblast, Samara Oblast, Tver Oblast), Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and UK) and host (Pinus sylvestris).


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Passalora bupleuri, a colonizer of living leaves, causing mild leaf spot symptoms and further leaf fading and drying, probably hastening leaf death. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (South America (Chile), Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India (Orissa and West Bengal), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Kamchatka oblast, Primorye krai) and Uzbekistan), Caribbean (Cuba) and Europe (Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia (Belgorod oblast, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Leningradskaya oblast, Lipetsk oblast, Stavropol krai, Tver oblast, Voronezh oblast), Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine)) and hosts (including Bupleurum tenuissimum).


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Septoria tormentillae, which sometimes causes lesions on Potentilla erecta. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan), Russia (Primorskyi krai), South Korea), Europe (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Belgorod oblast, Leningrad oblast, Oryol oblast, Pskov oblast, Yaroslavl oblast), Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine) and hosts (Ramularia grevilleana [syn. Ramularia arvensis] and Potentilla spp.).


Author(s):  
G. F. Laundon

Abstract A description is provided for Coleosporium ipomoeae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pycnia and aecia on several species of Pinus (especially southern pines), uredial aecia and telia on several genera of the Convolvulaceae (Argyreia, Convolvulus, Ipomoea and Jacquemontia). DISEASES: Orange rust of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). One of the needle rusts of pines. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Probably widespread in the warmer regions of the American continent and the West Indies. Recorded on Ipomoea spp. other than sweet potato as far north as Illinois, Ohio and New Jersey. Not recorded in western states of USA or outside the western hemisphere. TRANSMISSION: Transmission of the Coleosporium rusts in Florida has been described by Weber (23: 245). Short-lived basidiospores, which rarely travel more than 1.6 km in a viable condition, infect pine needles during late summer and autumn probably through the stomata. The aeciospores formed in the spring are very resistant and can travel long distances to infect the alternate host by direct penetration of the cuticle.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Lachnellula suecica, which is generally regarded as a saprobe, with almost all observations of it as fruitbodies erumpent from bark of dead twigs and small branches. However, L. suecica has been associated with damaging cankers on Pinus contorta in Denmark, in some localities resulting in the near destruction of plantations. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, physiological specialization, geographical distribution (Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New York, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming), Republic of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Russia, Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine) and hosts (Abies spp., Juniperus communis, Larix spp., Picea spp., Pinus spp. and Tsuga spp.).


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A descriptions is provided for Desmazierella acicola, found on dead blackened leaves, predominantly and perhaps only of Pinus sp., lying in the litter or attached (usually to the wet underside) of trash. Some information on its morphology, habitat, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Morocco, Canada (Alberta, Ontario), USA (California, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New York, Oregon, Washington), Brazil, China (Heilongjiang), India, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Thailand, Spain (Canary Islands), Australia, Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Irish Republic, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (Leningrad Oblast, Novrogod Oblast), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Swededn, Ukraine and UK) and host (Pinus nigra).


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