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Pachyramichloridium pini

Pachyramichloridium pini (de Hoog & Rahman) C. Nakash., Videira & Crous, in Videira, et al., Stud. Mycol. 87: 371 (2017).

            ≡ Ramichloridium pini de Hoog & Rahman, in de Hoog, Rahman & Boekhout, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 81(3): 485 (1983).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 822769; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11184, Fig. 1

Description: see Videira et al. (2017).

            Material examined: see Videira et al. (2017).

Fig. 168 Pachyramichloridium pini (CBS 461.82 redrawn from Fig. 1 in de Hoog et al. 2011). Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Pachyramichloridium comprises only one species. Pachyramichloridium causes needle disease on Pinus contorta in Europe (United Kingdom) (Rahman et al. 1994).

 

References 

 

Rahman MA. 1982 – Dieback of Pinus contorta caused by Ramichloridium pini in Scotland. PhD Thesis. Available online at: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372329

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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