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Published: 2020-09-08
Page range: 281–293
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Morphology and phylogeny of Pseudocercospora hamiltoniani—A new species comparable to Sirosporium from Uttarakhand, India


Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India 221005.
Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India 221005.
Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India 221005.
G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi – Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India 263643.
Forest Pathology Department, KSCSTE – Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala, India 680653.
asexual morph Mycosphaerellaceae plant disease taxonomic novelty Fungi

Abstract

Pseudocercospora hamiltoniani, a new asexual foliicolous hyphomycetous fungus was discovered on living leaves of Euonymus hamiltonianus (Celastraceae) is described and illustrated. This species is compared with closely related species of Pseudocercospora and other cercosporoid forms reported on the same host genus. The phylogeny of this species has been inferred from internal transcribed spacer (ITS). Phylogenetically, Ps. hamiltoniani differ from closely related Ps. ranjita in having smooth to verruculose mycelium; mostly solitary, highly septate, smooth to verruculose, longer and thicker conidiophores and highly septate with oblique septation, presence of rounded cells, smooth to verruculose, longer and thicker conidia.