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Hosts – Phyllanthus niruri, Sauropus<br />

<strong>and</strong>rogynus (Euphorbiaceae) (Crous & Braun<br />

2003, Meeboon et al. 2007c).<br />

Distribution – Brunei, India, Malaysia,<br />

Myanmar, Pakistan, S<strong>in</strong>gapore, <strong>Thail<strong>and</strong></strong><br />

(Crous & Braun 2003, Meeboon et al. 2007c).<br />

Notes – Three species of <strong>Cercospora</strong> s.<br />

str., viz, C. kirganeliicola R.K. Srivast., S.<br />

Narayan & A.K. Srivast. (C. apii s. lat.), C.<br />

phyllanthicola (C. apii s. lat.), <strong>and</strong> C. tarii<br />

Deighton have been recorded associated <strong>with</strong><br />

plant genus Phyllanthus. This specimen is very<br />

close to C. phyllanthicola <strong>in</strong> hav<strong>in</strong>g simple<br />

conidiophores <strong>and</strong> acicular conidia. The first<br />

report of C. phyllanthicola from <strong>Thail<strong>and</strong></strong> was<br />

by Meeboon et al. (2007c). Crous & Braun<br />

(2003) assigned this species to C. apii s.lat.<br />

Fabaceae<br />

<strong>Cercospora</strong> canescens Ellis & G. Mart<strong>in</strong>,<br />

Amer. Naturalist 16: 1003 (1882).<br />

≡ Cercosporiopsis canescens (Ellis & G.<br />

Mart<strong>in</strong>) Miura, Flora of Manchuria <strong>and</strong> East<br />

Mongolia 3: 529 (1928).<br />

= <strong>Cercospora</strong> vignicaulis Tehon,<br />

Mycologia 29: 436 (1937).<br />

Plant Pathology & Quarant<strong>in</strong>e<br />

(= C. apii s. lat.) Fig. 44<br />

Leaf spots 3–20 mm diam., amphigenous,<br />

irregular, brown to dark brown, limited<br />

by ve<strong>in</strong> of the leaf. Caespituli amphigenous.<br />

Stromata 26.5–67 μm diam., well-developed,<br />

<strong>in</strong>traepidermal, <strong>and</strong> composed of globose to<br />

subglobose, brown to blackish brown cells.<br />

Conidiophores 60.5–118 × 3–5 μm, 12–20 <strong>in</strong><br />

loose to dense fascicles, 1–3-septate, straight to<br />

decumbent, cyl<strong>in</strong>drical, smooth, brown at the<br />

base, <strong>and</strong> paler toward the apex, unbranched,<br />

geniculate to s<strong>in</strong>uous. Conidiogenous cells 12–<br />

35.5 × 3–5 μm, <strong>in</strong>tegrated, term<strong>in</strong>al, holoblastic,<br />

polyblastic, sometimes monoblastic, sympodially<br />

proliferat<strong>in</strong>g. Conidiogenous loci 1.5–3<br />

μm diam., conspicuous, thickened <strong>and</strong><br />

darkened. Conidia 56–113.5 × 3–4.5 μm,<br />

solitary, narrowly obclavate to subacicular,<br />

straight, hyal<strong>in</strong>e, 3–9-septate, smooth, obconically<br />

truncate at the base, taper<strong>in</strong>g toward a<br />

subacute apex, hila 2–3 μm diam., thickened<br />

<strong>and</strong> darkened.<br />

Specimens exam<strong>in</strong>ed – THAILAND,<br />

Chiang Rai Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, A. Wiang Pa Pao, T.<br />

Wiang Ga Long, Moo11, Bahn Tung Ruang<br />

Fig. 44 – L<strong>in</strong>e draw<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>Cercospora</strong> canescens on Dolichos lablab. a. Conidiophores <strong>and</strong> stroma.<br />

b. Conidia. Bars = 50 μm. (Meeboon 2009).<br />

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