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Damm et al.Fig. 4. <strong>Colletotrichum</strong> australe (from ex-holotype strain <strong>CBS</strong> 116478). A–B. Conidiomata. C. Seta. D–G. Conidioph<strong>or</strong>es. H. Tip of seta. I. Basis of seta. J–K. Conidioph<strong>or</strong>es.L–Q. Appress<strong>or</strong>ia. R–S. Conidia. A, C–G, R. from Anthriscus stem. B, H–Q, S. from SNA. A–B. DM, C–S. DIC, Scale bars: A = 100 µm, F = 10 µm. Scale bar of A applies toA–B. Scale bar of F applies to C–S.long, periclinal thickening distinct. Conidia hyaline, smooth-walled,aseptate, straight, cylindrical, sometimes slightly constricted in themiddle, with one end round and one end slightly acute to truncate,(16–)17–20(–22) × (4–)4.5–5(–5.5) µm, mean ± SD = 18.6 ± 1.6× 4.7 ± 0.4 µm, L/W ratio = 4.0, conidia of strain <strong>CBS</strong> 131325smaller, measuring (13.5–)15–17.5(–18) × (3.5–)4–5(–5.5) µm,mean ± SD = 16.3 ± 1.1 × 4.4 ± 0.4 µm, L/W ratio = 3.7.Culture characteristics: Colonies on SNA flat with entire margin,hyaline to honey, filter paper straw to pale olivaceous grey, aerialmycelium lacking, reverse same colours, growth rate 16–18 mm in7 d (28.5–30 mm in 10 d). Colonies on OA flat with entire margin;surface pale luteous to amber, in the centre covered with floccosewhite aerial mycelium, reverse pale luteous to salmon, growth rate16–20 mm in 7 d (25–29.5 mm in 10 d). Conidia in mass salmon.Material examined: South Africa, Stellenbosch, university campus, fromTrachycarpus f<strong>or</strong>tunei, 2 Jan. 1998, J.E. Tayl<strong>or</strong>, (<strong>CBS</strong>-H 20721 holotype, cultureex-type <strong>CBS</strong> 116478 = HKUCC2616). Australia, Western Australia, Alcoa, fromHakea sp., 12 Jul. 2011, W. Gams, culture <strong>CBS</strong> 131325.Notes: <strong>Colletotrichum</strong> australe belongs to the clade that includesC. ph<strong>or</strong>mii, C. kingh<strong>or</strong>nii, C. rhombif<strong>or</strong>me and C. acerbum. Setaeare better developed (in cultures on Anthriscus stem) and conidiaare larger than in most other <strong>species</strong> in the C. acutatum <strong>species</strong><strong>complex</strong>. Only C. ph<strong>or</strong>mii f<strong>or</strong>ms larger conidia, which are fusif<strong>or</strong>m,while those of C. australe are cylindrical. Additionally, appress<strong>or</strong>iaof C. australe are sh<strong>or</strong>ter than those of C. ph<strong>or</strong>mii. Conidia of C.rhombif<strong>or</strong>me are sh<strong>or</strong>ter, while those of C. kingh<strong>or</strong>nii are narrower.It is possible that Fusarium hakeae (Hennings 1898), describedfrom leaves of Hakea saligna from the Botanic Garden in Berlin,Germany, is the same <strong>species</strong> as C. australe. The description issh<strong>or</strong>t but largely c<strong>or</strong>responds with our <strong>species</strong>, but bearing in mindthat most <strong>Colletotrichum</strong> <strong>species</strong> show a lack of host specificity,there is no strong reason to equate the two taxa in the absenceof sequenceable material of F. hakeae. Wollenweber (1916)transferred F. hakeae to Gloeosp<strong>or</strong>ium, and von Arx (1957,1970) included the name as a synonym of C. gloeosp<strong>or</strong>ioides.Bondarzeva-Monteverde et al. (1936) described a separate fungusas Gloeosp<strong>or</strong>ium hakeae from greenhouses in St Petersburg; thiswas rep<strong>or</strong>ted to have straight to curved conidia and is unlikely tobe a synonym of Hennings’ fungus. Lubbe et al. (2004) publishedC.acutatum f. sp. hakeae f<strong>or</strong> isolates that caused a distinctivedisease of Hakea in South Africa; these have sh<strong>or</strong>ter conidia thanthose of C. australe and group in C. acutatum s. str. <strong>Colletotrichum</strong>acutatum has been rep<strong>or</strong>ted from Trachycarpus f<strong>or</strong>tunei in Australiaand Switzerland by Tayl<strong>or</strong> & Hyde (2003); we do not know whetherthese collections represent further rec<strong>or</strong>ds of C. australe.<strong>Colletotrichum</strong> australe is separated from other <strong>species</strong> by allgene sequences surveyed except f<strong>or</strong> CHS-1, which is the sameas that of C. ph<strong>or</strong>mii, and most effectively separated by HIS3. Theclosest match in a blastn search with the TUB2 sequence of strain58

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