The fungi of stigmatomycosis
The fungi of stigmatomycosis
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a090018
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发表时间:
1926-01-01
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影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Nowell, W
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作者:
Ashby, SF;Nowell, W
The authors describe the morphological and cultural characters of 4 species of fungi which are of common occurrence in the British West Indies in connection with stigmatomycosis of fruits, a type of infection in which fruits externally sound are found to be internally infected as a result of punctures made by plant-feeding bugs of the sub-order Heteroptera. The fungi concerned are SPERMOPHTHORA gossypii n. gen. and n. sp., Eremoihecium cymbalariae Borzi., Nematospora gossypii n. sp., and Nematospora coryli Peglion. The 4 species have certain characters in common, indicating a natural group which is difficult to place in any of the existing taxonomic arrangements. All grow and sporulate readily in pure culture on sterilized media. Spermophthora gossypii forms a.dichotomously branching siphonaceous mycelium which enlarges behind the ends of the hyphae to form fusiform sporangia containing numerous indefinitely arranged, needle-shaped, continuous spores which escape by rupture of the sporangial wall. Germination occurs by a germ tube which either develops into the primary mycelium or the germ tubes of adjacent spores fuse and give rise to a mycelium of limited growth bearing minute oval sporangia containing 8 or more curved, cylindric, continuous spores which on germination again develop the primary siphonaceous mycelium. The authors believe that this life cycle may indicate a link between Phycomycetes and Ascomycetes.