DISCOSTROMA TRICELLULARE, A NEW ENDOPHYTIC ASCOMYCETE WITH A SEIMATOSPORIUM ANAMORPH ISOLATED FROM RHODODENDRON

Authors
OKANE I NAKAGIRI A ITO T
Citation
I. Okane et al., DISCOSTROMA TRICELLULARE, A NEW ENDOPHYTIC ASCOMYCETE WITH A SEIMATOSPORIUM ANAMORPH ISOLATED FROM RHODODENDRON, Canadian journal of botany, 74(8), 1996, pp. 1338-1344
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Canadian journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084026
Volume
74
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1338 - 1344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4026(1996)74:8<1338:DTANEA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A new endophytic ascomycete inhabiting three ericaceous plants, Rhodod endron indicum, Rhododendron macrosepalum, and Rhododendron obtusum, i s described as Discostroma tricellulare sp.nov. (Amphisphaeriaceae). T his fungus produces three-celled, biseriate ascospores in unitunicate asci that have an amyloid ring in the apical apparatus. Its anamorph i s named Seimatosporium azaleae sp.nov.