Elsinoë brasiliensis
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Elsinoë brasiliensis symptoms on stem of Euphorbia hyssopifolia (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): X.L. Fan, R.W. Barreto, J.Z. Groenewald, J.D.P. Bezerra, O.L. Pereira, R. Cheewangkoon, L. Mostert, C.M. Tian and P.W. Crous
Source: Studies in Mycology (2017), vol. 87 p. 14
Author(s): X.L. Fan, R.W. Barreto, J.Z. Groenewald, J.D.P. Bezerra, O.L. Pereira, R. Cheewangkoon, L. Mostert, C.M. Tian and P.W. Crous
Source: Studies in Mycology (2017), vol. 87 p. 14
Elsinoë brasiliensis Bitanc. & Jenkins 1942 - (superelongation disease of cassava)
This fungus infects cassava in South America with leaf spots, raised corky cankers, elongated internodes and stunting. It also causes leaf spots, petiole and stem cankers or galls on a number of other plants. This fungus is characterised by spherical asci, 17–21 μm in diameter. Each contains 8 hyaline ascospores, around 12-14 × 5-7 μm in size.
Synonyms:
Sphaceloma manihoticola
For a taxonomic review of this species see Fan et al. (2017).
