Pallidocercospora heimii
Pallidocercospora heimii (Crous) Crous, in Crous et al., Stud. Mycol. 75: 74 (2012) [2013].
≡ Pseudocercospora heimii Crous, in Crous & Swart, S. African Forestry Jl 172: 4 (1995).
Index Fungorum number: IF 564823; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11185 , Fig. 1
Description: see Crous et al. (2013).
Material examined: see Crous et al. (2013).
Fig. 1 Pallidocercospora heimii (CPC 1395, redrawn from Crous et al. 2013). Asci, ascospores, germinating ascospores (after 24 h on malt extract agar), hyphae with conidiogenous loci, and conidia. Scale bar = 10 μm
Importance and distribution
Pallidocercospora comprises three species known on four host plants within families Fabaceae, Myrtaceae and Proteaceae. Pallidocercospora has been reported from Africa (Madagascar, South Africa), South America (Venezuela) and the United States (Hawaii).
References
Crous P, Groenewald JZ, Pongpanich K, Himaman W, Arzanlou M, Wingfield M. 2004 – Cryptic speciation and host specificity among Mycosphaerella spp. occurring on Australian Acacia species grown as exotics in the tropics. Studies in Mycology 50, 2, 50.
Crous PW, Braun U, Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ et al. 2013 – Phylogenetic lineages in Pseudocercospora. Studies in Mycology 75, 37–114.
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