Biology:Itersonilia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Itersonilia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Cystofilobasidiales
Family: Mrakiaceae
Genus: Itersonilia
Derx (1948)
Type species
Itersonilia perplexans
Derx (1948)
Species

Itersonilia diksonensis
Itersonilia pannonica
Itersonilia perplexans

Itersonilia is a genus of fungi in the order Cystofilobasidiales.[1] The genus comprises yeasts that have a hyphal state, forming cells that give rise to ballistospores.[2] The type species, Itersonilia perplexans, is a commercially significant plant pathogen causing root canker of parsnip and petal blight on chrysanthemums and other cut flowers.[3]


References

  1. "Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes". Studies in Mycology 81: 85–147. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001. 
  2. Boekhout T (1991). "Systematics of Itersonilia: a comparative phenetic study". Mycological Research 95 (2): 135-146. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)81003-4. 
  3. "Host range of Itersonilia perplexans and management of Itersonilia petal blight of China Aster". Plant Health Progress 7. 2006. doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-1018-02-RS. 

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