Biology:Aciculosporium

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Aciculosporium
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Aciculosporium

I.Miyake (1908)
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Aciculosporium take
I.Miyake (1908)

Aciculosporium is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[1] Species of this genus cause witches' broom of bamboo in East Asia. Aciculosporium take grows intercellularly in witches' broom shoots, including shoot apical meristems.[2] The stroma are produced around the apex of the host shoots.

Species

The index fungorum currently (2021) lists:[3]

  1. Aciculosporium monostipum (J.F. White, Bills, S.C. Alderman & Spatafora) M. Kolařík & Píchová (2018)
  2. Aciculosporium oplismeni E. Tanaka (2021)
  3. Aciculosporium phalaridis (J. Walker) M. Kolařík & Píchová (2018)
  4. Aciculosporium sasicola Oguchi (2001)
  5. Aciculosporium take I. Miyake (1908)

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Eiji Tanaka. Specific in situ visualization of the pathogenic endophytic fungus Aciculosporium take, the cause of witches’ broom in bamboo Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 July; 75(14): 4829–4834
  3. Species fungorum search Aciculosporium (retrieved 10 June 2021)

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