Seifertia azaleae
Seifertia azaleae (Peck) Partr. & Morgan-Jones, Mycotaxon 83: 350 (2002).
≡ Periconia azaleae Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1(2): 69 (1873) [1873-1874].
Index Fungorum number: IF 381564; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11609, Fig. 1
Description: see Partidge and Morgan-Jones (2002); Li et al. (2016).
Material examined: see Partidge and Morgan-Jones (2002); Li et al. (2016).
Fig. 1 Synnemata, conidiophores and conidia of Seifertia azaleae (BPI, holotype; redrawn from Partidge and Morgan-Jones 2002). Scale bar = 10 μm
Importance and distribution
Seifertia comprises three species known on three host plants in Ericaceae. Seifertia is pathogenic causing bud blast and twig blight of azaleas and rhododendrons. Seifertia has been reported from Asia (China (Yunnan)), Europe (Austria) and the United States (New York).
References
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Li JF, Phookamsak R, Mapook A, Boonmee S, Bhat JD, Hyde KD, Lumyong S. 2016 – Seifertia shangrilaensis sp. nov. (Melanommataceae), a new species from Southwest China. Phytotaxa 273, 34–42.
Mason EW. 1941 – Annotated account of fungi received at the Imperial Bureau of Mycology. Mycological Papers 5, 1–144.
Partridge EC, Morgan-Jones G. 2002 – Notes on hyphomycetes. LXXXVIII. New genera in which to classify Alysidium resinae and Pycnostysanus azaleae, with a consideration of Sorocybe. Mycotaxon 83, 335–352.
Peck CH. 1873 – Descriptions of new species of fungi. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1, 41–72.
Seifert KA, Hughes SJ, Boulay H, Louis-Seize G. 2007 – Taxonomy, nomenclature and phylogeny of three cladosporium-like hyphomycetes, Sorocybe resinae, Seifertia azaleae and the Hormoconis anamorph of Amorphotheca resinae. Studies in Mycology 58, 235–245.
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