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Kabatiella
caulivora (Kirchner) Kakakulin
Classification: Deuteromycotina, Coelomycetes
Distributed mainly north from Tohoku, the northern Distr.
Causes northern anthracnose in clovers. Disperses by scattering conidia produced
on plant surfaces. On artificial media, the fungus at first grows in conidial
budding forming sticky and yellowish white colonies and later grows in hyphal
elongating.
Characteristics: Plant pathogen
Morphology: Teleomorph: Unknown Anamorph: Conidiophores hyaline and shortly clavate producing 3-5 conidia terminally. Conidia falcate to oblong, hyaline, single-celled, smooth, 8-24 x 2.5-4.5 um in size. |
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Conidia |
Herbarium specimen in NIAES
Specimen No. | Scientific name | Host name | Host scientific name | Symptoms | Geographical origin | Collected date | Collector |
110-1-48 | Kabatiella caulivora | Red clover | Trifolium pratense | Northern anthracnose | Sapporo, Hokkaido | 1968.6.3 | Tominaga, T. |
(Described by Tsukiboshi, T., NIAES, Microbial Systemtics Lab., 2002)
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