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Jack Call - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Characterization and Pathogenicity of Thanatephorus cucumeris from Sugar Beet in Minnesota.
Plant disease, 1997Co-Authors: Carol E. Windels, Rita A. Kuznia, Jack CallAbstract:ABSTRACT In 1993, Hymenia of Thanatephorus cucumeris occurred on petioles of sugar beet leaves, but disease was not observed on leaves, crowns, or roots. Of 33 cultures isolated from sugar beet, 28 were identified as Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 (from four fields planted to potatoes in 1992) and five isolates were AG-5 (from one field planted to wheat in 1992). These isolates of R. solani AG-3 and AG-5 were nonpathogenic to moderately pathogenic on sugar beet seedlings (stands ranged from 49 to 95%). The same isolates were nonpathogenic when inoculated on 8-week-old sugar beet roots (root rot indices were ≤1 [0 to 7 scale]). All isolates of R. solani AG-3 (but none of AG-5) formed sclerotia on roots. Disease indices (0 to 4 scale) on potato sprouts at 10°C were low, did not differ significantly (P = 0.05) among isolates and the control in either of two experiments, and averaged 0.9 for 14 isolates of AG-3, 0.5 for three isolates of AG-5, and 0.5 in the control. All isolates of AG-3 (but none of AG-5) formed sc...
Matthew E. Smith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A molecular and morphological re-examination of the generic limits of truffles in the tarzetta-geopyxis lineage – Densocarpa , Hydnocystis , and Paurocotylis
Fungal biology, 2017Co-Authors: Leticia M. Kumar, David J. Mclaughlin, James M. Trappe, Donald H. Pfister, Matthew E. Smith, Eduardo Nouhra, Takamichi Orihara, Pablo Sandoval Leiva, Rosanne A. HealyAbstract:Truffle species within the /tarzetta-geopyxis lineage share smooth, globose, hyaline spores, but differ in the amount of convolution of Hymenia in ascomata. The relationships among truffle species in this lineage have historically been confused. Phylogenetic analyses of the ITS and 28S nuclear ribosomal DNA from recently collected members of the /tarzetta-geopyxis lineage from Asia, Austral Asia, North America, and South America prompted a reinvestigation of species and generic limits in the truffle genera Hydnocystis, Paurocotylis, and Stephensia. Our analyses support emendations of Hydnocystis and Paurocotylis, abandonment of Stephensia and the resurrection of the genus Densocarpa. Nomenclatural changes include the transfer of Stephensia bombycina to Hydnocystis, the transfer of Hydnocystis singeri and Stephensia bynumii to Paurocotylis, the reinstatement of Densocarpa for Stephensia shanori and transfer of Stephensia crocea to Densocarpa. This is the first detection of the genus Paurocotylis in the Americas. We describe three new species, Hydnocystis transitoria from North America, Paurocotylis patagonica from South America, and Paurocotylis watlingii from Australia. Our work highlights the unexplored diversity, morphological plasticity, and remaining taxonomic problems among truffles in the /tarzetta-geopyxis lineage.
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New species and distribution records for Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from the Guiana Shield, with a key to the lowland neotropical taxa
Fungal biology, 2012Co-Authors: Jessie K. Uehling, Terry W. Henkel, M. Catherine Aime, Rytas Vilgalys, Matthew E. SmithAbstract:Three new and one previously described species of Clavulina (Clavulinaceae, Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) are reported from the central Guiana Shield region from tropical rainforests dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees of the leguminous genus Dicymbe (Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae). We provide morphological, DNA sequence, habitat, and fruiting occurrence data for each species. The new species conform to a generic concept of Clavulina that includes coralloid, branched basidiomata with amphigenous Hymenia, basidia with two or 2-4 incurved sterigmata and postpartal septa present or absent, and smooth, hyaline, guttulate basidiospores. Placements of the new species in Clavulina were corroborated with DNA sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer and large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal repeat, and their infrageneric relationships were examined with phylogenetic analyses based on DNA from the region coding for the second largest subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II (rpb2). To facilitate future studies of the genus in the neotropics, a key is provided for all Clavulina species described from the lowland neotropics.
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New species of Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) with resupinate and effused basidiomata from the Guiana Shield
Mycologia, 2011Co-Authors: Jessie K. Uehling, Terry W. Henkel, M. Catherine Aime, Rytas Vilgalys, Matthew E. SmithAbstract:Three new species of Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) are described from rainforests dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees of the leguminous genus Dicymbe (Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae) from the central Guiana Shield. Species of Clavulina typically form branched, coralloid basidiomata with amphigenous Hymenia. However, the three species described here form resupinate or effuso-coralloid basidiomata, macromorphological forms previously unknown in Clavulina. Macromorphological, micromorphological, habitat and DNA sequence data are provided for each new species. Micromorphological features and DNA sequence data from the second largest subunit of DNA-dependant RNA polymerase II (rpb2) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (28S) of the ribosomal repeat justify placement of these new species in Clavulina. Comparisons with described Clavulina species and other resupinate taxa within the Cantharellales are provided.
Rosanne A. Healy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A molecular and morphological re-examination of the generic limits of truffles in the tarzetta-geopyxis lineage – Densocarpa , Hydnocystis , and Paurocotylis
Fungal biology, 2017Co-Authors: Leticia M. Kumar, David J. Mclaughlin, James M. Trappe, Donald H. Pfister, Matthew E. Smith, Eduardo Nouhra, Takamichi Orihara, Pablo Sandoval Leiva, Rosanne A. HealyAbstract:Truffle species within the /tarzetta-geopyxis lineage share smooth, globose, hyaline spores, but differ in the amount of convolution of Hymenia in ascomata. The relationships among truffle species in this lineage have historically been confused. Phylogenetic analyses of the ITS and 28S nuclear ribosomal DNA from recently collected members of the /tarzetta-geopyxis lineage from Asia, Austral Asia, North America, and South America prompted a reinvestigation of species and generic limits in the truffle genera Hydnocystis, Paurocotylis, and Stephensia. Our analyses support emendations of Hydnocystis and Paurocotylis, abandonment of Stephensia and the resurrection of the genus Densocarpa. Nomenclatural changes include the transfer of Stephensia bombycina to Hydnocystis, the transfer of Hydnocystis singeri and Stephensia bynumii to Paurocotylis, the reinstatement of Densocarpa for Stephensia shanori and transfer of Stephensia crocea to Densocarpa. This is the first detection of the genus Paurocotylis in the Americas. We describe three new species, Hydnocystis transitoria from North America, Paurocotylis patagonica from South America, and Paurocotylis watlingii from Australia. Our work highlights the unexplored diversity, morphological plasticity, and remaining taxonomic problems among truffles in the /tarzetta-geopyxis lineage.
Carol E. Windels - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Characterization and Pathogenicity of Thanatephorus cucumeris from Sugar Beet in Minnesota.
Plant disease, 1997Co-Authors: Carol E. Windels, Rita A. Kuznia, Jack CallAbstract:ABSTRACT In 1993, Hymenia of Thanatephorus cucumeris occurred on petioles of sugar beet leaves, but disease was not observed on leaves, crowns, or roots. Of 33 cultures isolated from sugar beet, 28 were identified as Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 (from four fields planted to potatoes in 1992) and five isolates were AG-5 (from one field planted to wheat in 1992). These isolates of R. solani AG-3 and AG-5 were nonpathogenic to moderately pathogenic on sugar beet seedlings (stands ranged from 49 to 95%). The same isolates were nonpathogenic when inoculated on 8-week-old sugar beet roots (root rot indices were ≤1 [0 to 7 scale]). All isolates of R. solani AG-3 (but none of AG-5) formed sclerotia on roots. Disease indices (0 to 4 scale) on potato sprouts at 10°C were low, did not differ significantly (P = 0.05) among isolates and the control in either of two experiments, and averaged 0.9 for 14 isolates of AG-3, 0.5 for three isolates of AG-5, and 0.5 in the control. All isolates of AG-3 (but none of AG-5) formed sc...
Peter Poschlod - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Lifestyle and threat of macromycetes, and functional traits correlated with it
Mycological Progress, 2017Co-Authors: Josef Simmel, Peter PoschlodAbstract:Regarding the functional traits of macromycetes, at present there are only few studies available, and these mostly deal with more specific questions or single traits. In the present study we are interested in functional traits that may explain the lifestyle and threat of these fungi. For this purpose, we assembled a database on 31 traits that cover a broad range of features of, e.g., fruit body morphology, Hymenial structure, spore morphology, and propagule dispersal of 636 macromycete species. To allow an easier classification of hymenium size we introduce two new measures, volume index and surface index. Lifestyle and Red List classification were used to detect differences in functional trait adaptation of species. Both were used as predictors in these analyses. Lifestyle type accounts for significant differences in 28 traits, which shows that different lifestyle types are based on specific trait combinations. Red List classification accounted for significant differences in four traits. We describe the differentiations and discuss them against the background of ecological and morphological research, including the causes of threat and niche adaptation.
