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| Crous, P.W.; Groenewald, J.Z.. |
| The Cape Floral Region represents one of the world’s biodiversity hot spots, with a high level of plant, animal and insect endemism. The fungi occurring in this region, however, remain poorly studied. It is widely postulated that each plant species should harbour at least five to six unique fungal species, a number that we regard to be a huge underestimate. To test this hypothesis, we decided to study a single senescent flower of Phaenocoma prolifera (‘everlasting’; Asteraceae) collected in South Africa, and posed the question as to how many different species of fungi could be isolated and cultivated from 10 leaf bracts. Using a damp chamber technique, numerous microfungi could be induced to sporulate, enabling most of them to be successfully isolated on... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Batcheloromyces; Catenulostroma; Cladosporium; Devriesia; Exophiala; ITS; LSU; Penicillium; Penidiella; Phaenocoma prolifera; Systematics; Teratosphaeria; Toxicocladosporium; Xenophacidiella. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/531877 |
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| Crous, PW.; Wood, A.R.; Okada, G.; Groenewald, J.Z.. |
| 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. altensteinii,, E. lebomboensis and E. princeps, collected from South Africa, revealed the presence of several novel, microfungi on this host. Novelties include Phaeomoniella capensis, Saccharata kirstenboschensis, Teratosphaeria, altensteinii and T. encephalarti. New host records of species previously only known to occur... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Catenulostroma; Cladophialophora; Dactylaria; ITS nrDNA; LSU nrDNA; Ochroconis; Phaeomoniella; Saccharata; Systematics; Teratosphaeria. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/531726 |
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