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Citation for Study 2195

About Citation title: "Foliicolous microfungi occurring on Encephalartos.".
About This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S2203 (Status: Published).

Citation

Crous P.W., Groenewald J.Z., Okada G., & Wood A. 2008. Foliicolous microfungi occurring on Encephalartos. Persoonia, 21: 135-146.

Authors

  • Crous P.W.
  • Groenewald J.Z. Phone +31302122600
  • Okada G.
  • Wood A.

Abstract

Species of Encephalartos, alternatively known as bread trees or bread palms are native to Africa; the genus encompasses more than 60 species, and represents an important component of the indigenous African flora. Recently, a leaf blight disease was noted on several E. altensteinii palms growing at the foot of Table Mountain in the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens of South Africa. Preliminary isolations from dead and dying leaves of E. altensteinii, E. lebomboensis and E. princeps, collected from South Africa, as well as Tokyo Island, Japan, revealed the presence of several novel microfungi on this host. Novelties include Phaeomoniella capensis, Saccharata kirstenboschensis, Sclerostagonospora encephalarti, Teratosphaeria altensteinii, T. encephalarti, and Toxicocladosporium tokyoense. New host records of species previously only known to occur on Proteaceae include Cladophialophora proteae and Catenulostroma microsporum, as well as a hyperparasite, Dactylaria leptosphaeriicola, occurring on ascomata of T. encephalarti.

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