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Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006

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Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick in Dick et al., Mycol Res 110 398 (2006)
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006

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Dobbie & M.A. Dick
Dobbie & M.A. Dick
2006
398
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Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
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Phytophthora fallax

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Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on carrot agar with a rosette pattern, with dense, fluffy aerial mycelium. Chlamydospores abundant, terminal, 12–25 μm in diameter. Sporangia terminal, obpyriform to highly distorted, 39–63 × 30–42 μm, non-papillate. Oogonia globose, 23–30 μm in diameter, smooth, hyaline. Antheridia paragynous, occasionally amphigynous, 2-celled. Oospores markedly aplerotic, 15–24 μm in diameter.
Distribution: Taupo, Southland.; 1st Record: Dick et al. (2003)
Significance: Most species of Phytophthora recorded as being associated with trees and shrubs in New Zealand are soil-borne and infect roots and the lower stem. These two species are unusual in that they are found in dying leaves in the crowns of eucalypt trees at a height of up to 20 m. Locally severe crown dieback associated with foliage, shoot, and twig infection by these two Phytophthora species has been recorded in E. botryoides and E. saligna in the Bay of Plenty and in E. delegatensis in Southland. The occurrence is episodic and infection appears to take place during the winter months. Infected leaves are readily abscised, defoliation and twig infection leading to dieback of the crown. The fungi can be isolated from soil beneath infected trees but as the sporangia of neither species are deciduous, it is not known how the fungi reach foliage high in the tree crown. Pathogenicity of Phytophthora ‘captiosa’ to E. botryoides, E. regnans, and E. saligna has been established in laboratory tests.; Host(s): Eucalyptus delegatensis, E. fastigata, E. nitens, E. regnans.

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Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M. Dick (2006)
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M. Dick (2006)
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M. Dick 2006
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M. Dick (2006)
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M. Dick (2006)

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Phytophthora fallax Dobbie & M.A. Dick 2006
New Zealand
Southland

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22 November 2004
16 May 2023
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