Lasiodiplodia iraniensis

Lasiodiplodia iraniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Lasiodiplodia
Species: L. iraniensis
Binomial name
Lasiodiplodia iraniensis
Abdollahzadeh et al., 2010

Lasiodiplodia iraniensis is an endophytic fungus. It was first isolated in Mangifera indica, Eucalyptus and citrus species, Salvadora persica, Juglans species and Terminalia catapa in Iran. It has since been isolated in other plants in other continents, and is considered a plant pathogen. L. iraniensis is phylogenetically distinct from other species, but is closely related to L. theobromae; although conidia of L. iraniensis are smaller than the former. Dimensions of the conidia of L. iraniensis are similar to those of L. parva, but the subglobose conidia with rounded ends distinguish this species from L. parva.[1]

Description

Its conidiomata are stromatic and pycnidial; its mycelium are uniloculate, up to 980μm in size, being non-papillate with a central ostiole. Its paraphyses are cylindrical and thin-walled, while conidiophores are absent. Its conidiogenous cells are holoblastic and smooth, while the conidia are aseptate and subglobose.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Abdollahzadeh, J.; Javadi, A.; Goltapeh, E. Mohammadi; Zare, R.; Phillips, A.J.L. (2010). "Phylogeny and morphology of four new species of Lasiodiplodia from Iran". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 25 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3767/003158510X524150. ISSN 0031-5850.

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