Commodity PRA for Agaricus bisporus - Defra

Commodity PRA for Mushrooms
CSL/Warwick HRI, December 18th 2007; revised 24 February 2009
CSL Registered File No. PPP 12011A
Pathogen Synonyms Symptom Notes on worldwide
distribution
Notes on UK distribution Reference
Paecilomyces Spicaria penicillata Isolated from a
Isolated from a No record for this species found CABI (undated);
penicillatus
decaying mushroom. decaying mushroom in the UK but it is likely to have a Luangsa-ard et al.
in Belgium. Has been wider presence than that already (2004)
found on decaying
plants and wood. No
other records for
decaying
mushrooms.
reported.
Penicillium
Penicillium
Isolated from decaying Has been isolated Present, has been observed CABI (undated); BMS
brevicompactum brunneostoloniferum, mushrooms, probably from decaying on/with mushrooms in UK (undated)
Penicillium
also a cause of weed mushrooms in the amongst other hosts/habitats.
brunneostoloniferum, mould (see Annex USA, likely to also
Penicillium
Table 2).
occur with
stoloniferum,
mushrooms
Penicillium
wherever they are
volgaense
grown as the fungus
is cosmopolitan and
occurs on a wide
range of
hosts/habitats.
Simplicillium Cephalosporium The mildew apparently Appears to have a Present in the UK but only Moore (1959); BMS
lamellicola (Gill lamellicola,
does little harm. wide distribution on a observed occasionally on (undated); Pantou et al.
Mildew)
Verticillium
range of hosts and mushrooms.
(2005)
lamellicola
habitats but few
records for it on
mushrooms.
Verticillium
Variety of symptoms on Predominant cause Recorded present in the UK but BMS (undated); Collopy
fungicola var.
the cap including of dry bubble in no record for mushrooms. et al. (2001); Largeteau
aleophilum
lesions, distortion and North America. Likely
et al. (2004)
discolouration.
to have a wider
distribution on other
hosts.
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