Scolecostigmina mangiferae
Scolecostigmina mangiferae (M.B. Ellis) U. Braun & Mouch., in Braun et al., N.Z. Jl Bot. 37(2): 323 (1999).
≡ Stigmina mangiferae M.B. Ellis, Mycol. Pap. 72: 49 (1959).
Index Fungorum number: IF 450428; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11217, Fig. 1
Description: see Videira et al. (2017).
Material examined: see Videira et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Scolecostigmina mangiferae (CBS 125467, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 18 in Crous et al. 2013). a Leaf spots. b Fascicles of conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. c Conidia. Scale bars: = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Species of Scolecostigmina are pathogenic and causes leaf spots. Scolecostigmina comprises 22 species known on several host plants including Allophylus sp. (Sapindaceae), Bassia latifolia (Sapotaceae), Bauhinia variegate (Fabaceae), Borassus flabellifer (Arecaceae), Crataegus melanocarpa (Rosaceae), Croton roxburghii (Euphorbiaceae), Curatella americana (Dilleniaceae), Diospyros melanoxylon (Ebenaceae), Ficus elastic (Moraceae), Flagellaria indica (Flagellariaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Millettia oblata (Fabaceae), Phoenix acaulis (Arecaceae), Pinus ayacahuite (Pinaceae), Terminalia bellirica (Combretaceae) and Yucca sp. (Asparagaceae). Scolecostigmina has wide geographical distribution such as Africa (Sudan), Asia (India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan), Australia, Europe (Georgia) and South America (Brazil). Sequence data is required for more species of Scolecostigmina.
Quarantine significance
Scolecostigmina may be of quarantine importance as it causes ‘anthracnose’ of mango (McKenzie 2013).
References
Braun U. 1999 – Some additional species of Scolecostigmina. Schlechtendalia 3, 33–42.
McKenzie E. 2013 – Scolecostigmina mangiferae (Scolecostigmina mangiferae). Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au
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