Stenella canavaliae
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| Genus: | Syd. (1930)
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| Species: | Stenella canavaliae Deighton, 1971
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Stenella canavaliae or Stenella canavaliae-roseae, formerly known as Cercospora canavaliae is a species of anamorphic fungi.[1] It causes the brown leaf mould of Canavalia species.
Description
[edit]Belonging to the Stenella genus, this species is a Cercospora-like fungus with a superficial secondary mycelium, solitary conidiophores, conidiogenous cells with thickened and darkened conidiogenous loci and catenate or single conidia with dark, slightly thickened hila.
Distribution
[edit]It is found in tropical Asia, Africa and America, on Canavalia ensiformis and Canavalia rosea, and in South America on Canavalia plagiosperma.
References
[edit]- ^ Deighton, F.C. (1971). "Brown leaf mould of Canavalia caused by Stenella canavaliae (H. & P. Syd.) comb.nov". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 56 (3): 411–418. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80133-X. ISSN 0007-1536.
Further reading
[edit]- Dornelo-Silva, D.; de Cassia Pereira-Carvalho, R.; Dianese, J. C. (2007). "New Stenella and Parastenella species from the Brazilian cerrado". Mycologia. 99 (5): 753–764. doi:10.3852/mycologia.99.5.753. ISSN 0027-5514.
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