Diplocarpon maculatum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Diplocarpon maculatum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Amelanchier, Aronia, Crataegus, Cydonia, Eriobotrya, Heteromeles, Malus, Mespilus, Photinia, Pyracantha, Pyrus, Raphiolepis, Sorbus. DISEASE: Entomosporium leaf blight or Fabraea scald. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Generally throughout the temperate zones and extending into the tropics in Central America and highlands of Kenya. North America (Canada, USA, Mexico), Central American states, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay), Europe, Africa (Morocco, South Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya), Asia (Afghanistan, India, Israel, Japan, Turkey, USSR), Australia and New Zealand (CMI Map 327, ed. 2, 1968). TRANSMISSION: By splash dispersed conidia; ascospores appear to be of minor importance.