Phyllachora conica. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora conica. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Machaerium acutifolium, M. angustifolium, M. biorulatum, M. humboldtianum, M. Iunatum (syn. Drepanocarpus lunatus), M. moritzianum, M. robiniifolium, M. tobagense. DISEASE: Tar spot of leaves. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Venezuela, Virgin Is. TRANSMISSION: Probably by wind-blown ascospores, though no research is available. The conidia are probably spermatial in function.

Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora amphibola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Inga? edulis, I. eriocarpa, I. insignia, I. vera. DISEASE: Tar spot of leaves. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico. TRANSMISSION: No research is available, but almost certainly by air-borne dispersal of ascospores.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora gratissima. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Persea americana (syn. Persea gratissima; Lauraceae). DISEASE: Tar spot of leaves. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora acaciae var. acaciae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Acacia acuifera, A. amentacea, A. coriophylla, A. farnesiana, A. gerrardii, A. macracantha, A. nilotica, A. nilotica subsp. indica, A. robusta, A. sieberiana, A. tortilis subsp. spirocarpa, A. tortuosa, A. unijuga, A. verrucigera, A. wrightii, Acacia sp. ;? Mimosa sp., Pithecellobium sophorocarpum. DISEASE: Tar spot of leaves and petioles. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Montserrat, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, South Yemen, Sudan, Tanzania, USA (Florida, Texas), Uganda, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. TRANSMISSION: Presumably via wind dispersal of ascospores; no research is available.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora nitens subsp. galactiae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS:? Bradburya sp., Camptosema scarlatinum, Centrosema virginianum,? Collaea speciosa,? Cratylia argentea,? Desmodium sp., Dioclea reflexa, Galactia dubia, G. rudolphioides, G. striata, G. tenuiflora,? Meibomia, Teramnus uncinatus,? Teramnus sp. DISEASE: Tar spot of leaves. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,? Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Puerto Rico, USA (Florida), Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: Presumably via airborne dispersal of ascospores; no studies have been published.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycena citricolor (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Sacc. Hosts: Coffee (Coffea) spp. and others. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Florida, Venezuela.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Physopella zeae (Mains) Cummins & Ramachar. Hosts: Maize (Zea mays). Information is given on the geographical distribution in CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Central America (general), Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, St. Vincent, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Colombia,? Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.


Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Mycosyrinx cissi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cissus sicyoides and other species of Cissus, including C. acida, C. afzeli, C. diffusiflora, C. erosa, C. quadrangularis, C. rhombifolia and C. trifoliata. DISEASE: Inflorescence smut of cissus. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in areas around the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, including Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Trinidad, USA (Florida) Venezuela; also found in Brazil, Ecuador (including Galapagos Is.), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru. Africa: Congo Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire. Asia: India, Yemen. TRANSMISSION: No detailed studies reported.


Author(s):  
M. Rodríguez

Abstract A description is provided for Meliola trichostroma. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Meliola trichostroma parasitizes a cultivated plant very frequent in tropical America, but without the production of evident symptoms of any disease in the host. HOSTS: Psidium araca, P. guajava, P. guineense, P. pomiferum. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores.


Author(s):  
M. Cabarroi

Abstract A description is provided for Coccomyces clusiae, which is found on dead, fallen leaves in leaf litter. This species is not associated with any disease. Information is included on its geographical distribution (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela) and hosts (dead leaves of Clusia rosea and Clusia sp.).


Author(s):  
J. M. Pérez

Abstract A description is provided for Trichocintractia utriculicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution (Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Windward Islands, Brazil, Columbia, Guyana and India) and hosts (Rhynchospora corymbosa, R. gigantea and R. triflora).


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