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FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages 340-344Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.02.002
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Erysiphaceae; Host-specificity; Phylogeny
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Anamorphic powdery mildew fungi on introduced taxa of Senecio and Pericallis x hybrida in Australia have previously been identified as Neoerysiphe cumminsiana on the basis of a combination of Euoidium-type conidiophores and lobed mycelial and germ tube appressoria. But, two specimens with chasmothecia on the indigenous Senecio glossanthus did not agree with published descriptions of N. cumminsiana. The teleomorph of the S. glossanthus mildew differed from that of N. cumminsiana in the morphology of its peridial cells, the pigmentation of its appendages, and the morphology and pigmentation of some secondary hyphae. Ribosomal DNA ITS sequences from the two S. glossanthus mildew specimens and five other specimens of Senecio mildews from south-eastern Australia demonstrated that all Australian Senecio mildews are conspecific and distinct from the northern hemisphere Senecio mildew (N. cumminsiana) and from other Neoerysiphe taxa. Based on morphological characters and rDNA sequence data, the Australian Senecio mildew is described as a new species, Neoerysiphe kerribeeensis. This is the first native teleomorphic powdery mildew described from Australia. (C) 2010 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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