Cladosporium ornithogali. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
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Abstract A description is provided for Cladosporium ornithogali. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Ornithogalum spp. (Hyacinthaceae) and Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae). Ranojevic (1910) reports this fungus on leaves of Ornithogalum narbonense L., Muscari comosum (L.) Miller and M. neglectum Gussone from Montenegro and Serbia. DISEASE: Leaf spot of Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum sp.). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Kenya, South Africa. America: USA (IL, PA, WA). Europe: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, UK. TRANSMISSION: By wind dispersal of airborne conidia.