Foliicolous microfungi occurring on Encephalartos
Species of Encephalartos, commonly known as bread trees, bread palms or cycads 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
plants 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, revealed the presence of several novel
microfungi on this host. Novelties include Phaeomoniella capensis, Saccharata kirstenboschensis, Teratosphaeria altensteinii and T. encephalarti. 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.
Keywords: CATENULOSTROMA; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; DACTYLARIA; ITS NRDNA; LSU NRDNA; OCHROCONIS; PHAEOMONIELLA; SACCHARATA; SYSTEMATICS; TERATOSPHAERIA
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 December 2008
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