Helicobasidium purpureum

Helicobasidium • Helicobasidiales • Pucciniomycetes • Basidiomycota • fungi • plant diseases • pests-diseases-weeds

Helicobasidium purpureum on carrots (click on image to enlarge it)
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Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat. 1885

The fungus is a violet root rot fungus which attacks various vegetables in the field and in storage (e.g. asparagus, carrot, celery, beet).

Synonyms
Rhizoctonia crocorum

Publications covering Helicobasidium purpureum

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection (2020) 127, 597-600
Giulia Mirabile and Livio Torta (2020)
Pistachio fruits rust caused by Tuberculina persicina (Ditmar) Sacc., anamorph of Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat.

Plant Disease (2002) 86, p. 693 (Naseri)
B. Naseri (2002)
First report of violet root rot caused by Rhizoctonia crocorum on alfalfa in Iran