| celoporthe dispersa gen. et sp. nov. from native myrtales in south africa. | in a survey for cryphonectria and chrysoporthe species on myrtales in south africa, a fungus resembling the stem canker pathogen chrysoporthe austroafricana was collected from native syzygium cordatum near tzaneen (limpopo province), heteropyxis canescens near lydenburg (mpumalanga province) and exotic tibouchina granulosa in durban (kwazulu-natal province). the fungus was associated with dying branches and stems on s. cordatum, h.canescens and t.granulosa. however, morphological differences wer ... | 2006 | 18490984 |
| new records of the cryphonectriaceae from southern africa including latruncellus aurorae gen. sp. nov. | the cryphonectriaceae accommodates some of the world's most important tree pathogens, including four genera known from native and introduced myrtales in africa. surveys in the past 3 y in southern africa have led to the discovery of cankers with fruiting structures resembling those of the cryphonectriaceae on trees in the myrtales in namibia, south africa, swaziland and zambia. these fungi were identified with morphological characteristics and dna sequence data. for the first time we report chry ... | 2011 | 21262988 |