Asperisporium vitiphyllum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Asperisporium vitiphyllum, a colonizer of living leaves, causing a leaf spot or brown leaf blotch and leaf drying. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Morocco and South Africa), Asia (Armenia, China, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan (Almaty oblast), Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), Europe (Moldova, Russia (Krasnodar krai, Leningradskaya oblast, Stavropol krai) and Ukraine)) and hosts (including Vitis vinifera).

Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Passalora bupleuri, a colonizer of living leaves, causing mild leaf spot symptoms and further leaf fading and drying, probably hastening leaf death. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (South America (Chile), Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India (Orissa and West Bengal), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Kamchatka oblast, Primorye krai) and Uzbekistan), Caribbean (Cuba) and Europe (Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia (Belgorod oblast, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Leningradskaya oblast, Lipetsk oblast, Stavropol krai, Tver oblast, Voronezh oblast), Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine)) and hosts (including Bupleurum tenuissimum).


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Ramularia chaerophylli, a hemibiotoph causing a mild leaf spot and some wilting of living leaves. Some information on its associated organisms, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Asia (Georgia, Russia (Altai krai and Novosibirsk oblast), South Korea and Uzbekistan) and Europe (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia (Ivanovo oblast, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Leningradskaya oblast, Moscow oblast, Republic of Karelia, Stavropol krai, Vladimir oblast and Voronezh oblast), Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine and former Yugoslavia)) and hosts (including Chaerophyllum hirsutum).


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Cercostigmina protearum var. protearum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Causing round or sometimes irregular, pale brown or greyish-brown leaf spots 5-17 mm diameter. HOSTS: Leucospermum conocarpum, Protea. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne conidia. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: South Africa.


Author(s):  
V. P. Hayova

Abstract A description is provided for Amerosporium concinnum, which is found on dead remains of various plants, but it has also been isolated from grassland soil in Spain. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Mexico, USA (Texas), China (Shaanxi), Iran, Turkey, Georgia, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Ukraine) and hosts (Ceratocladium purpureogriseum, Phomopsis brunaudiana, Torula herbarum f. quaternella, Acer oliverianum, Alhagi pseudalhagi, Arundo phragmitis, Bambusa sp., Cichorium intybus, Citrus sp., Echinops sp., Ephedra distachya, Foeniculum vulgare, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Vitis vinifera, and Ziziphora serpyllaceae).


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Pestalozziella subsessilis, a colonizer of living leaves, causing leaf spot symptoms leading to leaves fading and dying. Some information on its dispersal and transmission, economic impacts, infraspecific variation and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (USA (Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Wisconsin), Kazakhstan, Russia, New Zealand, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom), hosts (Geranium carolinianum (leaf), G. collinum (leaf), G. columbianum (leaf), G. columbinum (leaf), G. macrorrhizum (leaf), G. maculatum (leaf), G. palustre (leaf), G. pratense (leaf), G. pusillum (leaf), G. pyrenaicum (leaf), G. robertianum (leaf), G. sanguineum (leaf), G. sylvaticum (leaf), G. wlassovianum (leaf), Geranium sp., and Oxypolis rigidor [Tiedemannia rigida]) and associated fungi Chaetomella raphigera.


Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova

Abstract A description is provided for Passalora marmorata, a colonizer of living leaves of Rhus spp., causing leaf spot symptoms and probably hastening leaf drying, possibly later becoming saprobic, producing caespituli in the dead areas of the leaf. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Ethiopia), Asia (Armenia and Georgia) and Europe (France, Italy, Portugal, Russia (Rostov oblast) and Ukraine)) and hosts (including Rhus coriaria, R. petitiana and Searsia glutinosa).


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Barrmaelia oxyacanthae, saprobic on wood of various trees. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (South Africa), North America (Canada, USA (New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia)), Asia (Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya oblast), Pakistan), Europe (Belarus, Belgium, former Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, former Yugoslavia)). B. oxyacanthae is sometimes found on elm twigs previously gnawed by rabbits.


Author(s):  
J. E. Taylor

Abstract A description is provided for Leptosphaeria protearum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Protea caffra, P. cynaraides, P. compacta, P. gaguedi, P. grandiceps, P. lacticolor, P. lepidocarpodendron, P. lorifolia, P. magnifica, P. punctata, P. repens, Protea spp. DISEASE: Leaf spot often resembling a leaf blight. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Hawaii. TRANSMISSION: Propagules are probably wind and splash dispersed.


Author(s):  
J. E. Taylor

Abstract A description is provided for Teratosphaeria fibrillosa. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Protea caffra, P. gaguedi, P. magnifica hybrids, P. nitida, Protea spp. DISEASE: Leaf spot. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: South Africa. TRANSMISSION: Not reported, but ascospores probably wind dispersed.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Cerothallia luteoalba, a lichen-forming fungus growing on well-lit, sunny trunks of trees with alkaline bark, particularly Ulmus spp. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Morocco, South Africa), North America (USA (Colorado, Washington)), Asia (Iran, Israel, Syria), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Azores)), Australasia (Australia (Western Australia)), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK)).


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