Stenella canavaliae
| Stenella canavaliae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Stenella Syd. (1930) |
| Species: | Stenella canavaliae Deighton, 1971 |
Stenella canavaliae or Stenella canavaliae-roseae, formerly known as Cercospora canavaliae is a species of anamorphic fungi.[1] It causes the brown leaf mould of Canavalia species.
Description
Belonging to the Stenella genus, this species is a Cercospora-like fungus with a superficial secondary mycelium, solitary conidiophores, conidiogenous cells with thickened and darkened conidiogenous loci and catenate or single conidia with dark, slightly thickened hila.
Distribution
It is found in tropical Asia, Africa and America, on C. Ensiformis and C. Rosea, and in South America on C. Plagiosperma.
See also
- Stenella africana
- Stenella constricta
- Stenella uniformis
- Stenella vermiculata
- Stenella capparidicola
- Stenella gynoxidicola
References
- ↑ Deighton, F.C. (1971). "Brown leaf mould of Canavalia caused by Stenella canavaliae (H. & P. Syd.) comb.nov.". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 56 (3): 411–418. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80133-X. ISSN 0007-1536.
Further reading
- Dornelo-Silva, D.; de Cassia Pereira-Carvalho, R.; Dianese, J. C. (2007). "New Stenella and Parastenella species from the Brazilian cerrado". Mycologia 99 (5): 753–764. doi:10.3852/mycologia.99.5.753. ISSN 0027-5514.