Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Dothideomycetes >> Order: Dothideomycetes | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Pseudocercospora fukuii | |||
Author: | Pseudocercospora fukuii (Yamam.) Hsieh & Goh. Trans: mycol. Soc. R.O.C. 2(2):115-116, 1987. Basionym: Cercospora fukuii Yamamoto, Jour. Soc. Trop. Agric. 6:601, 1934. |
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Description: | Leaf spots only epiphyllous, angular or irregular, vein limited, dark brown, scattered, 1-3 mm wide. Secondary mycelium absent. Fruiting epiphyllous. Stromata sphaeroidal or irregular, erumpcnt, brown, up to 50 μm wide. Conidiophores densely fasciculate, pale olivaceous to very pale olivaceous brown, cylindric, simple, rarely septate, sometimes once geniculate, truncate at the apex, 10-30 × 2-3 μm, conidial scars unthickened and inconspicuous. Conidia acicular or filiform, mostly curved, pale olivaceous, indistinctly septate, not constricted, 60-110 × 1.5-3 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei, 20 Feb. 1934, isotype in Herb. IMI 8555. Taichng Hsien, Wufeng, 23 June, 1986, NCHUPP-221 |
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Habitat: | On leaves of Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan. |
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References: | null |
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Provided: | W. H. Hsieh |
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Note: | Chupp (1954) listed Cercospora fukuii Yarnam. (Jour. Soc. Trop. Agr. 6:601. 1934) and C. boehmneriae Fukui (Jour. Plant Prot. 5:734, 1918) as synonyms of C. boehmeriae Peck in his monograph. However, C. boehmeriae Peck (N. Y. State Mus. nat. Hist. Ann. Rept. 34:48. 1881) is a distinct species and it differs from these two by having loose fascicles and coloured obclavate conidia. | |||