Phyllachora setariicola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Phyllachora setariicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Alloteropsis semialata (syn. Axonopus semialatus), Cyrtococcum patens, Digitaria sanguinalis, Guadua latifolia, Melinis sp., Oplismenus aemulus, O. burmannii, O. compositus, O. flaccidus, O. hirtellus, O. humboldtianus, O. imbecilis, O. setarius, O. undulatifolius, Panicum carinatum, P. hians, P. leucophaeum, P. longifolium, P. maximum, P. nepalense, P. plicatum, P. pygmaeum, P. sanguinolentum, P. sciurotes, P. sulcatum, Paspalum conjugatum, P. orbiculare, P. saccharoides, Pennisetum clandestinum, P. distachyum,? Phalaris sp., Setaria chevalieri, S. italica, S.? kagerensis, S. palmifolia, S. plicatilis, S. sphacelata var. aurea (syn. S. aurea), Setaria sulcata, Urochloa trichopus, Valota laxa (Gramineae). DISEASE: Tar spot of grasses. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. AFRICA: Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Zaire. NORTH AMERICA: USA (Alabama, New Jersey). CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay. ASIA: China (Guangdong), India (Kerala), Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), New Caledonia. TRANSMISSION: Not studied in detail, but morphological features agree with those of relatives which have been shown to disperse ascospores actively via air currents, possibly with secondary dispersal via water splash.