| 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. alten-steinii, e. lebomboensis and e. princeps, collected fr ... | 2008 | 20396583 |