Diaporthe toxica
| Diaporthe toxica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Subclass: | Sordariomycetidae |
| Order: | Diaporthales |
| Family: | Diaporthaceae |
| Genus: | Diaporthe |
| Species: | D. toxica |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaporthe toxica P.M. Williamson, Highet, W. Gams & Sivasith., in Williamson, Highet, Gams, Sivasithamparam & Cowling, Mycol. Res. 98(12): 1367 (1994) | |
Diaporthe toxica is a plant endophyte and occasionally a plant pathogen.[1] D. toxica produces secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as lupinosis of sheep. Mycotoxic lupinosis is a disease caused by lupin material that is infected with the fungus.[2] The fungus produces mycotoxins called phomopsins, which cause liver damage. Lupinosis has been incorrectly attributed to Diaporthe woodii but has now been shown to be a mycotoxicosis caused by the recently discovered (1994) teleomorphic fungus Diaporthe toxica.[3] The discovery and naming of this new fungus concludes over a century of investigation into the cause of lupinosis since the first outbreak in Germany in 1872.
External links
- Diaporthe toxica sp. nov., the cause of lupinosis in sheep
- Formation of Subcuticular Coralloid Hyphae by Phomopsis Leptostromiformis
- Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database
- Australian Veterinary History Record
References
- ↑ Williamson et al. (1991) Formation of subcuticular coralloid hyphae by Phomopsis leptostromiformis. Plant Disease 75:1023-1026
- ↑ Allen (2009) Australian Veterinary History Record
- ↑ Williamson et al. (1994) Diaporthe toxica sp. nov., The cause of lupinosis in sheep. Mycological Research, 98 (12): 1367
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