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A new approach to species delimitation in Septoria - CBS - KNAW

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A <strong>new</strong> <strong>approach</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>species</strong> <strong>delimitation</strong> <strong>in</strong> Sep<strong>to</strong>riaFig. 12. Sep<strong>to</strong>ria cerastii, <strong>CBS</strong> 102323. A–C. Colonies (15 ºC, nUV). A. On OA. B. On CHA. C. On MEA. D. Conidia and conidiogenous cells <strong>in</strong> planta (<strong>CBS</strong> H-21158, epitype).E. Conidia on OA (<strong>CBS</strong> 102323). Scale bars = 10 µm.subsp. triviale, 20 May 1973, G. Negrean, <strong>CBS</strong> H-18072, distributed <strong>in</strong> Herb. Mycol.Romanicum, fasc. 50, no. 2475.Notes: The material on Cerastium fontanum exam<strong>in</strong>ed hereagrees <strong>in</strong> morphology with the detailed description of Muthumary(1999), who studied type material of S. cerastii (PC 1324) and alsoprovided excellent illustrations. The type host was identified asC. vulgatum, which is a synonym of C. fontanum subsp. vulgare(and C. holosteoides). Accord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> Muthumary, no def<strong>in</strong>ite spotsare on the leaves <strong>in</strong> this collection, but the fungus is nonetheless<strong>in</strong>terpreted as parasitic. We have the impression from our collectionthat it may be endophytic or a very weak pathogen, but <strong>in</strong> Korea thefungus causes very characteristic symp<strong>to</strong>ms on C. holosteoidesvar. hallaisanense (Sh<strong>in</strong> & Sameva 2004).This <strong>species</strong> and S. stellariae occur on two very closely relatedhost genera, Cerastium and Stellaria (Smissen et al. 2002), butthe two can be dist<strong>in</strong>guished morphologically by conidiogenesisand conidial morphology <strong>in</strong> planta, and the cultures also differconsiderably <strong>in</strong> pigmentation and growth speed especially on OA.DNA sequence data also support the hypothesis that S. cerastiiand S. stellariae are dist<strong>in</strong>ct <strong>species</strong>, as they differ for example by6 base positions on ITS 1, and the distance <strong>in</strong> the multilocus treeis considerable. Jørstad (1965) also regarded S. cerastii and S.stellariae as dist<strong>in</strong>ct <strong>species</strong>, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g that on average the spores<strong>in</strong> the latter were much longer (22–96 µm) than <strong>in</strong> the former(20–43 µm). He mentioned that <strong>in</strong> two collections of S. cerastiifrom Iceland the conidia reached lengths of 57–60 µm, whereas<strong>in</strong> collections from Norway attributed <strong>to</strong> the same <strong>species</strong> conidiawww.studies<strong>in</strong>mycology.org247

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