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Colletotrichum: complex species or species ... - CBS - KNAW

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Damm et al.Fig. 25. <strong>Colletotrichum</strong> pyricola (from ex-holotype strain <strong>CBS</strong> 128531). A–B. Conidiomata. C–K. Conidioph<strong>or</strong>es. L–Q. Appress<strong>or</strong>ia. R–S. Conidia. A, C–F, R. from Anthriscusstem. B, G–Q, S. from SNA. A–B. DM, C–S. DIC, Scale bars: A = 200 µm, C = 10 µm. Scale bar of A applies to A–B. Scale bar of C applies to C–S.restricted terminal growth and increased growth of lateral shoots.Two strains with differing colony characteristics were isolated andwere used in pathogenicity tests on 4-month-old seedlings of Pinusradiata; 11.5 % of the seedlings inoculated with the salmon <strong>or</strong>angeculture and 92 % of the seedlings with the grey culture showedthe symptoms. The two strains were sent to <strong>CBS</strong>, and both wereidentified as C. acutatum f. pineum by von Arx, presumably becauseof the identity of the host plant and some of their m<strong>or</strong>phologicalfeatures, especially the conidia with acute ends typical f<strong>or</strong> C.acutatum. One of the strains was kept in the <strong>CBS</strong> collection as<strong>CBS</strong> 436.77; unf<strong>or</strong>tunately we can only suppose it was the salmon<strong>or</strong>ange culture.Strain <strong>CBS</strong> 436.77 turns out not to be closely related to C.acutatum f. pineum, which belongs to C. acutatum s. str. (Fig. 1).<strong>Colletotrichum</strong> pseudoacutatum is at best basal to the C. acutatum<strong>species</strong> <strong>complex</strong> and f<strong>or</strong>ms a sister group to a clade containing theC. acutatum <strong>complex</strong> and C. <strong>or</strong>chidophilum (fig. 2 in Cannon et al.2012, this issue). The closest matches in a blastn search on theITS sequence of strain <strong>CBS</strong> 436.77 (with only 94 % identity) areunidentified <strong>Colletotrichum</strong> isolates, e.g. from Podocarpaceae inNew Zealand (Joshee et al. 2009), plus several C. coccodes strainsincluding the ex-epitype strain <strong>CBS</strong> 164.49 (HM171678, Liu et al.2011), C. trichellum strains MEP1535 (= <strong>CBS</strong> 118198, DQ286152,Farr et al. 2006) and DAOM 188792 (= <strong>CBS</strong> 125343, EU400142,wrongly identified as C. dematium, Chen YY, Conner R, BabcockC, Penner W, unpubl. data) and “C. gloeosp<strong>or</strong>ioides” strains DAOM183087 (EU400145, probably C. coccodes, Chen YY, Conner R,Babcock C, Penner W, unpubl. data) and BBA 71369 from Pleione(AJ301980, probably C. <strong>or</strong>chidophilum, Nirenberg et al. 2002).The closest matches with the TUB2 sequence showed only 82 %identity, including C. trichellum strains HKUCC 10378, <strong>CBS</strong> 217.64and <strong>CBS</strong> 118198 (GQ849447, Yang et al. 2009, GU228106,GU228107, Damm et al. 2009). There is no match over the wholespan of the GAPDH sequence of this <strong>species</strong>.In m<strong>or</strong>phological terms, C. pseudoacutatum mainly differs from<strong>species</strong> in the C. acutatum <strong>complex</strong> by the f<strong>or</strong>mation of pale brown,verruculose, irregular shaped appress<strong>or</strong>ia, and also by the m<strong>or</strong>eabundant f<strong>or</strong>mation of setae.<strong>Colletotrichum</strong> pyricola Damm, P.F. Cannon & Crous, sp.nov. MycoBank MB800510. Fig. 25.Etymology: Named after the host plant Pyrus communis.Sexual m<strong>or</strong>ph not observed. Asexual m<strong>or</strong>ph on SNA. Vegetativehyphae 1–8 µm diam, hyaline, smooth-walled, septate, branched.Chlamydosp<strong>or</strong>es not observed. Conidiomata not developed,conidioph<strong>or</strong>es f<strong>or</strong>med directly on hyphae. Setae not observed.Conidioph<strong>or</strong>es hyaline, smooth-walled, septate, branched.Conidiogenous cells hyaline smooth-walled, cylindrical, 9–25 ×2.5–3.5 µm, opening 1–1.5 µm diam, collarette 1–1.5 µm long,periclinal thickening visible. Conidia hyaline, smooth-walled,94

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