Fulvia fulva
Fulvia fulva (Cooke) Cif., Atti Ist. bot. Univ. Lab. crittog. Pavia, sér. 5 10(1): 246 (1954).
= Cladosporium fulvum Cooke, Grevillea 12(no. 61): 32 (1883).
Index Fungorum number: IF 297520; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11152, Fig. 1
Description: see Ellis (1971); Videira et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Ellis (1971); Videira et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Fulvia fulva (re-drawn from Babadoost 2011). a, b Conidiophores and conidia.
Importance and distribution
Fulvia comprises only one species that causes leaf mould of Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae), an emerging disease in tomato and has a worldwide distribution (de Cara et al. 2008).
References
Babadoost M. 2011 – Leaf mold (fulvia fulva), a serious threat to high tunnel tomato production in Illinois. Acta Horticulturae 914, 93–96.
de Cara M, Heras F, Santos M, Marquina J. 2008 – First Report of Fulvia fulva, Causal Agent of Tomato Leaf Mold, in Greenhouses in Southeastern Spain. Plant disease 92, 1371.
Ellis MB. 1971 – Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, UK.
Videira SIR, Groenewald JZ, Nakashima C, Braun U, Barreto RW, de Wit PJGM, Crous PW. 2017 – Mycosphaerellaceae - Chaos or clarity? Studies in Mycology 87, 257–421.
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