Cintractia limitata. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
J. M. Pérez

Abstract A description is provided for Cintractia limitata. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution (Congo, Reunion, Togo, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, India and Indonesia) and hosts (Cyperus spp. including C. iria, C. esculentus and C. rotundus).

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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.


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).


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. paulliniae. Information on the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (Casearia guianensis, Paullinia cururu, P. pinnata, Paullinia sp., Serjania atrolineata, S. incana, S. polyphylla, S. triquetra and Serjania sp.), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Togo; Uganda; Mexico; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Venezuela; India; Barbados; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Trinidad and Tobago), and transmission is included.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. clavulata. Information on the symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (Argyreia spp., Calonyction spp., Hewittia sublobata, Ipomoea spp., Merremia spp., Quamoclit coccinea [I. coccinea], Rivea corymbosa, Stictocardia tiliifolia and Turbina corymbosa), geographical distribution (Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; São Tomé and Principe; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Mexico; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ecuador; Guyana; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; and Trinidad and Tobago) and transmission is included.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Dicheirinia binata, which sometimes causes gall-like swollen or distorted growth on leaves, petioles, and young stems. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Surinam, and Venezuela) and hosts (Erythrina crista-galli, E. fusca, E. glauca [E. fusca], E. mitis, and E. poeppigiana).


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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.


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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):  
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.


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