Lecanicillium dimorphum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
R. Zare

Abstract A description is provided for Lecanicillium dimorphum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Occurs mainly on the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus (CHEN et al., 1985). It is not a serious fungal pathogen. HOSTS: Agaricus bisporus and Puccinia coronata; leaf litter of Acer saccharum; also isolated from soil. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: NORTH AMERICA: USA. ASIA: China, Iran, Israel. EUROPE: Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands. TRANSMISSION: Soil- and air-borne.

Author(s):  
G. C. Kinsey

Abstract A description is provided for Phoma putaminum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Generally considered a soil-borne saprobe, but it may act as an opportunistic parasite on roots, also reported as causing fruit rot of Phyllanthus (61, 4269), leaf necrosis on Erigeron annuus (75, 3444) and isolated from seeds of Dahlia (65, 5559). HOSTS: Plurivorous, genera include Achras, Alnus, Artabotrys, Bambusa, Buxus, Calluna, Chrysanthemum, Citrullus, Convallaria, Convolvulus, Cyperus, Dahlia, Erigeron, Ficus, Gladiolus, Heliotropium, Hibiscus, Lycospersicon, Madhuca, Malus, Medicago, Musa, Phyllanthus, Pinus, Quercus, Sansevieria (64, 3865; 70, 2104), Schlumbergera, Sesbania, Solanum, Theobroma, Ulmus, Vandellia, Vitis and Ziziphus. Also isolated from soil, leaf litter, wood, air, sewage, marine driftwood, fibreglass and human sources. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Nigeria. NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA. SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela. ASIA: Burma, India, Kuwait, Malaysia. AUSTRALASIA: Australia. EUROPE: Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands. TRANSMISSION: Soil-borne, but little else is known of other possible vectors.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fischer. Hosts: Pinus and Ribes. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, China (Shensi), India (N.W.), Iran, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, USSR (Siberia), EUROPE, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Irish Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR (Tranzschel; Kuprevich & Tranzschel loc. cit.), (Ukraine), Yugoslavia, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, USA.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Meria laricis Vuill. Hosts: Larch (Larix). Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, USSR, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, New Zealand, EUROPE, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Irish Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, USSR (Ukraine, Byelorussia, Estonia, Latvia, Mori and Tatar ASR, Moscow, Leningrad and Voronezh), NORTH AMERICA, Canada (B.C.), United States (Pacific N.W.) (Idaho).


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Mycosphaerella oxyacanthae, which sometimes causes lesions on leaves of Crataegus laevigata. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (USA), Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan [Kyrgyzstan], Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Astrakhan oblast, Kursk oblast, Saratov oblast, Stavropolskyi krai, Voronezh oblast), Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine)) and hosts (Phoma macrostoma, Crataegus ambigua, C. beckeriana, C. chlorocarpa, C. curvisepala [syn. C. kyrtostyla], C. laevigata [syn. C. oxyacantha], C. macracantha, C. microphylla, C. mollis, C. monogyna, C. pinnatifida, C. remotilobata, C. sanguinea, C. songarica [C. songorica], C. volgensis, and Crataegus sp.).


Author(s):  
S. Diamandis

Abstract A description is provided for Rhizosphaera pini. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Abies balsamea, A. cephallonica, A. fraseri, A. grandis, A. pectinata, A. veitchii, Pinus sp., Tsuga diversifolia, also possibly Picea abies. DISEASE: Needle blight of firs. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia (Japan), Europe (Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy), North America (Canada, USA). TRANSMISSION: Not known.


Author(s):  
D. Brayford

Abstract A description is provided for Cylindrocarpon olidum var. olidum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Wide range. At IMI there are records on: Asparagus, Camellia, Cocos, Cordylina, Heterodera (nematode), Medicago saliva, Narcissus, Pelargonium, Picea, Pinus, Pyrus, Secale, Solanum.DISEASE: Root rotting. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Ghana, Zimbabwe; Australasia: Australia; Europe: Germany, Great Britain; North America: Canada, Honduras, USA. TRANSMISSION: Soil-borne; slimy spores are probably spread by water.


Author(s):  
G. S. Saddler

Abstract A description is provided for Xanthomonas fragariae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Fragaria × ananassa (Rosaceae); by artificial inoculation: Fragaria virginiana, F. vesca, Potentilla fruticosa and P. glandulosa (Rosaceae). DISEASE: Angular leaf spot and vascular decline or collapse of strawberry. First described in 1962 in North America. The leaf spot phase appears as minute water-soaked spots on the underside of leaves surrounded by the smallest veins. In the early stages symptoms are only visible on the leaf underside. Spots enlarge, coalesce, penetrate to the upper leaf surface and darken, turning into large, irregular necrotic areas. They have a shiny appearance and are usually covered by bacterial exudate which, when dry, turns brown and appears as gum-like scales. Spots coalesce more frequently along the primary and secondary veins. The dead tissues tear and break off, and the diseased leaf may assume a ragged appearance. Heavy losses may occur with frequent overhead sprinkler irrigation. The conditions favouring infection are moderate to cool daytime temperatures (about 20°C), low night-time temperatures and high humidities (MAAS, 1998). In addition, blossom blight of strawberry has been found in California and is caused by a complex of X. fragariae and Cladosporium cladosporioides (GUBLER et al., 1999). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Ethiopia, Réunion. NORTH AMERICA: Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec), USA (California, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Wisconsin). SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo), Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela. ASIA: Taiwan, Israel. AUSTRALASIA: Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria), New Zealand. EUROPE: Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy (Sicily), Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine. TRANSMISSION: Rain splash from infested leaf litter in the soil on to young healthy leaves. Penetration occurs through the stomata. Infections of the crowns occur through local wounds or downwards from affected leaves. Bacteria can overwinter in leaf litter and for many years in dried leaf material. Residues of infected leaves and crown infections on runners used for planting are sources of inoculum for primary infections.


Author(s):  
D. N. Pegler

Abstract A description is provided for Phellinus igniarius. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Common on the trunks of Salix and Populus, also recorded on Acer, Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, Betula, Carpinus, Castanopsis, Cornus, Erythropheum, Fagus, Fraxinus, Juglans, Ostrya, Pericopsis, Prunus, Pyrus, Quercus, Rhamnus and Ulmus. DISEASE: White heart rot. Causing a destructive decay of the general delignifying type. The decayed area becomes soft and white, bounded by conspicuous dark zones or black lines with an irregularly concentric arrangement. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Eritrea, Madagascar, Zambia); Asia (Japan, U.S.S.R.); Europe (Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Rumania, Sweden); North America (Canada, U.S.A.); Central America (Nicaragua, Venezuela). TRANSMISSION: By airborne spores, which are continuously produced from early spring until late autumn when the temperature drops below 5°C (Riley, 1952). Spores remain viable for several months under field conditions (Iverson, 1968). Infection occurs mainly through branch wounds.


Author(s):  
Chi-yu Chen

Abstract A description is provided for Leptosphaeria purpurea. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Although the fungus appears on dry stems of its hosts, which are mainly herbaceous, it is not known to cause any pathological symptoms. HOSTS: Artemisia, Betonica, Carduus, Cirsium, Cnicus, Clinopodium, Helianthus, Satureja and Senecio. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: NORTH AMERICA: Canada (Quebec, Ontario), USA (New York). ASIA: Pakistan. EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Sweden. TRANSMISSION: Conidia and ascospores are dispersed by wind and rain-splash; the fungus presumably overwinters on dead host tissue and the ascospores are dispersed in the next favourable season.


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Septoria geranii. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Leaf spot; necrotic spots, leading to leaf drying. HOSTS: Geranium carolinianum, G. collinum, G. columbinum, G. depilatum, G. dissectum, G. divaricatum, G. graveolens, G. lucidum, G. molle, G. nodosum, G. palustre, G. pratense, G. purpureum, G. pusillum, G. pyrenaicum, G. rectum, G. robertianum, G. sanguineum, G. sylvaticum, G. versicolor (Geraniaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Canary Is, Kenya. NORTH AMERICA: USA. ASIA: Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia [www.cybertruffle.org.uk/gruzmaps/index.htm], India, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. EUROPE: Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain. TRANSMISSION: Not reported, but almost certainly by airborne or splash-dispersed conidia.


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