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Eriosporella calami

Eriosporella calami Niessl ex Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 125(1-2): 109 (1916).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 120057; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07363,    Fig. 1

           Description: see van der Aa and van Oorschot (1985); Nag Raj (1993); Li et al. (2020).

Material considered: see van der Aa and van Oorschot (1985); Nag Raj (1993); Li et al. (2020).

Fig. 1 Eriosporella calami (CBS H-3306; redrawn from van der Aa and van Oorschot 1985). a Vertical section of conidioma. b Conidiogenous cells and conidial development. Scale bars: a = 50 µm, b = 10 µm.

Fig. 1 continued. Eriosporella calami (CBS H-3306; redrawn from van der Aa and van Oorschot 1985). c Young conidia and conidia after secession. Scale bar: c = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

According to Species Fungorum (2022), Eriosporella comprises two species. Eriosporella bambusicola has been reported on leaves of bamboo (Poaceae) in Asia (Thailand) while E. calami has been reported from leaves of Acorus calamus (Acoraceae) in Asia (India). Disease from Eriosporella has also been reported on bambusa sp. namely Bambusa blumeana (Poaceae), Bambusa vulgaria (Dayan 1988) and on Gigantochloa levis, G. aspera (Poaceae) in Asia (Philippines) (Mohanan 1997).

 

References

Dai DQ, Wijayawardene NN, Bhat DJ, Chukeatirote E, Zhao RL, Wang Y, Bahkali AH, Hyde KD. 2014 – The Phylogenetic placement of Eriosporella bambusicola sp. nov. in Capnodiales. Cryptogamie Mycologie 35, 41–49.

Dayan MP. 1988 – Survey, identification and pathogenicity of pests and diseases of bamboos in the Philippines. Sylvatrop, the Philippine Forest Research Journal 13, 61–77.

Li WJ, McKenzie EHC, Liu JK, Bhat JD. 2020 – Taxonomy and phylogeny of hyaline-spored coelomycetes. Fungal Diversity 100, 279–801.

Mohanan C. 1997 – Diseases of Bamboos in Asia. INBR, 170.

Nag Raj TR, Dicosmo F. 1981 – Icones generum coelomycetum XII. University of Waterloo Biology Series 12, 1–41.

Nag Raj TR. 1993 – Coelomycetous anamorphs with appendage-bearing conidia. Mycologue Publications, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 1101.

Sutton BC. 1980 – The Coelomycetes. Fungi imperfecti with pycnidia, acervuli and stromata. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, pp 1–696.

 

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