Sydowia polyspora. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Sydowia polyspora. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Cupressus lusitanica, Juniperus sp., Picea engelmannii, P. excelsa, Pinus albicaulis, P. attenuata, P. khasya, P. caribaea, P. laricis, P. montizumae, P. murrayana, P. nigra, P. patula, P. pinaster, P. radiata, P. sylvestris. DISEASES: Pine leaf-blight and die-back, associated frequently with injury caused by the pine needle midge, Cecidomyia baeri Prell. The needles remain attached hanging downwards from the tree for some time. Complete defoliation may take place on severely affected shoots. Also common on needles of Corsican pine showing die-back due to unsuitable climatic conditions aided by Scleroderris lagerbergii[Gremmeniella abietina], and on Douglas fir attacked by aphids, Chermes cooleyi Gill. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Kenya, Tanzania); Australia & Oceania (Australia); Europe (Finland, France, Germany, U.K., U.S.S.R.); North America (Canada, U.S.A.). TRANSMISSION: Presumably by air-borne spores. In pine the pathogen first develops at the base of the pairs of needles where the gall midge, Cecidomyia baeri burrows (Peace, 1962) and on Douglas fir attacked by Chermes cooleyi the pathogen invades the carcases of the aphids and uses these as a food base before penetrating the stomata of the needle (47, 3240).