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Lembosiopsis andromedae

Lembosiopsis andromedae (Tracy & Earle) Theiss., Annls mycol. 15(6): 422 (1918) [1917].

            Index Fungorum number: IF 249175; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11273, Fig. 1

Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014b) and Videira et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014b) and Videira et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Lembosiopsis andromedae (BPI 647155, holotype, re-illustrated from Fig. 38 in Hongsanan et al. 2014). a Specimen. b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c Squash mount of ascoma. d, e Asci. f, g Ascospores. Scale bars: b, c = 100 μm, d–g = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Lembosiopsis comprises three species known on leaves and stems of Andromeda nitida (Ericaceae), Eucalyptus cosmophylla (Myrtaceae) and E. gigantea (Myrtaceae). Lembosiopsis is reported from Australia, South Africa (Mpumalanga) and the The United States (Mississippi).

 

Quarantine significance

Lembosiopsis might be of quarantine significance in South Africa as it causes foliar disease of Eucalyptus, especially E. delegatensis and E. globulus (Crous et al. 2019; FAO 2010).

 

References

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Cheewangkoon R, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI, Summerell BA, Edwards J, Taylor PWJ, Groenewald JZ. 2019 – Foliar pathogens of eucalypts. Studies in Mycology 94, 125–298. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2019.08.001.

Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK, Hofmann T et al. 2014 – Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Diversity 68, 1– 68.

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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