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A new species of Melanospora on truffles from China.
Fan Li; Hou ChengLin; Cannon, P. F.; Li Yu; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 6, pp 1433-1442, 46 ref. The new species Melanospora subterranea is described from China, based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. This is the first record of Melanospora species parasitizing Chinese black and white truffles (Tuber indicum and T. huidongense), and its ho...
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Fusarium tupiense sp. nov., a member of the Gibberella fujikuroi complex that causes mango malformation in Brazil.
Lima, C. S.; Pfenning, L. H.; Costa, S. S.; Abreu, L. M.; Leslie, J. F.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 6, pp 1408-1419, 35 ref. Fusarium tupiense, the main causal agent of mango malformation in Brazil, is described through a combination of morphological, biological and molecular markers. This new species belongs to the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex (GFSC) and has an anamorp...
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Armillaria altimontana, a new species from the western interior of North America.
Brazee, N. J.; Ortiz-Santana, B.; Banik, M. T.; Lindner, D. L.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 5, pp 1200-1205, 29 ref. Armillaria altimontana, previously considered North American biological species (NABS) X, is described as new. To date, it appears that A. altimontana prefers higher-elevation, mesic sites within the dry, conifer forest zone of western interior North Amer...
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Anthracnose disease of centipedegrass turf caused by Colletotrichum eremochloae, a new fungal species closely related to Colletotrichum sublineola.
Crouch, J. A.; Tomaso-Peterson, M.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 5, pp 1085-1096, many ref. Colletotrichum is a cosmopolitan, anamorphic fungal genus responsible for anthracnose disease in hundreds of plant species worldwide, including members of the Poaceae. Anthracnose disease of the widely planted, non-native, warm-season lawn grass, Eremochl...
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Fusarium azukicola sp. nov., an exotic azuki bean root-rot pathogen in Hokkaido, Japan.
Aoki, T.; Tanaka, F.; Suga, H.; Hyakumachi, M.; Scandiani, M. M.; O'Donnell, K.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 5, pp 1068-1084, 40 ref. We report on the phenotypic, molecular phylogenetic and pathogenic characterization of a novel azuki bean (Vigna angularis) root-rot (BRR) pathogen from Hokkaido, Japan, which formally is described herein as Fusarium azukicola. This species can be disting...
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of species in the Grosmannia serpens complex.
Duong, T. A.; Beer, Z. W. de; Wingfield, B. D.; Wingfield, M. J.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 3, pp 715-732, many ref. Grosmannia serpens was first described from pine in Italy in 1936 and it has been recorded subsequently from many countries in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The fungus is vectored primarily by root-infesting bark beetles and has been reporte...
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Botrytis caroliniana, a new species isolated from blackberry in South Carolina.
Li, X. P.; Kerrigan, J.; Chai, W. X.; Schnabel, G.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 3, pp 650-658, 20 ref. Blackberry fruits symptomatic for gray mold were collected from three commercial blackberry fields in northwestern South Carolina. Single-spore isolates were generated and two distinct phenotypes were discovered in each location; one sporulated on PDA and...
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Two new species of Pythium, P. schmitthenneri and P. selbyi pathogens of corn and soybean in Ohio.
Ellis, M. L.; Paul, P. A.; Dorrance, A. E.; Broders, K. D.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 2, pp 477-487, 36 ref. Two new species of Pythium, pathogens of corn and soybean in Ohio, are described. Pythium schmitthenneri sp. nov. and Pythium selbyi sp. nov. both have morphological and sequence characteristics that place them in clade E1 of the genus Pythium. Morphology...
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Bur oak blight, a new disease on Quercus macrocarpa caused by Tubakia iowensis sp. nov.
Harrington, T. C.; McNew, D.; Yun, H. Y.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 1, pp 79-92, 32 ref. A newly recognized, late-season leaf disease of Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak) has become increasingly severe across Iowa and in neighboring states since the 1990s. Vein necrosis and leaf death may occur over the whole crown or only on the lower branches. S...
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Testing assumptions of the enemy release hypothesis: generalist versus specialist enemies of the grass Brachypodium sylvaticum.
Halbritter, A. H.; Carroll, G. C.; Güsewell, S.; Roy, B. A.; Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, USA, Mycologia, 2012, 104, 1, pp 34-44, many ref. The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) suggests greater success of species in an invaded range due to release from natural enemies. The ERH assumes there will be more specialist enemies in the native range and that generalists will have an equal effect in bot...
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