Biology:Blumeriella kerriae

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Short description: Species of fungus

Blumeriella kerriae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Drepanopezizaceae
Genus: Blumeriella
Species:
B. kerriae
Binomial name
Blumeriella kerriae
(V.B.Stewart) Korf 1971[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Coccomyces kerriae V.B. Stewart 1917 (basionym)
  • Higginsia kerriae (V.B. Stewart) Nannf. 1932

Blumeriella kerriae is a species of fungus in the family Dermateaceae.

Since 2014, the Royal Horticultural Society in the United Kingdom has received reports from gardeners and horticulturalists of damage to plants of the shrub Kerria japonica. Symptoms include multiple red spots on leaves and lesions on the stems, resulting in defoliation and eventual death. It has been determined that this infection is caused by the fungus Blumeriella kerriae, which is specific to the Kerria. This highly contagious disease, known in English as Kerria twig and leaf blight, was known in the U.S. but had not previously been observed on British plants. It is regarded as a serious threat to the cultivated Kerria plants, which are popular garden shrubs.[3]

References

  1. Korf, R.P. 1971. Some new discomycete names. Phytologia. 21(4):201-207
  2. "Blumeriella kerriae" (in en) (html). http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=309598. Retrieved 3 September 2019. 
  3. "Kerria twig and leaf blight". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=1018. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10431599 entry