Stenella canavaliae

Stenella canavaliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Stenella
Syd. (1930)
Species: Stenella canavaliae
Deighton, 1971

Stenella canavaliae or Stenella canavaliae-roseae, formerly known as Cercospora canavaliae is a species of anamorphic fungi.[1] It causes the brown leaf mould of Canavalia species.

Description

Belonging to the Stenella genus, this species is a Cercospora-like fungus with a superficial secondary mycelium, solitary conidiophores, conidiogenous cells with thickened and darkened conidiogenous loci and catenate or single conidia with dark, slightly thickened hila.

Distribution

It is found in tropical Asia, Africa and America, on C. Ensiformis and C. Rosea, and in South America on C. Plagiosperma.

See also

References

  1. Deighton, F.C. (1971). "Brown leaf mould of Canavalia caused by Stenella canavaliae (H. & P. Syd.) comb.nov.". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 56 (3): 411–418. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80133-X. ISSN 0007-1536.

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