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Erysiphe machilicola I. Zafar, Afshan & Khalid 2023, sp. nov.

  • 1. Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus- 54590, Lahore, Pakistan. & irsazafar 2 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1173 - 5064
  • 2. Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus- 54590, Lahore, Pakistan. & pakrust @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4538 - 3626
  • 3. Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus- 54590, Lahore, Pakistan. & drankhalid @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5635 - 8031
  • 4. Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Urban Green, JKI, Julius Kühn-Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Messeweg 11 / 12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany.

Description

Erysiphe machilicola I. Zafar, Afshan & Khalid sp. nov. (Fig. 2) MycoBank no. MB846778

Diagnosis:— Erysiphe machilicola (Erysiphe sect. Uncinula subsect. Uncinula) is distinct from morphologically similar Erysiphe species On hOsts Of the LaUraceae by having lOnger cOnidiOphOres (120‒175 µm) Up tO 210 µm lOng (inclUding cOnidia), larger chasmOthecia (116–148 µm), and lOnger appendages (135–290 µm), abOve all, it differs from E. machilina (Erysiphe sect. Uncinula subsect. Uncinuliella) in lacking bristle-like appendages (remnant of anchor hyphae), fewer uncinuloid appendages with non-enlarged apices and 7–8-spored asci, with much smaller ascospores.

Type:— PAKISTAN. Azad Jammu & Kashmir: District Kotli, elevation 579 m alt., 33.58°N, 74.91°E, 11 th Dec, 2020, I. Zafar and N.S. Afshan [AJK-20] (LAH37584 – HOLOTYPE), on leaves of Machilus duthiei King ex Hook.f. GenBank accession number: (OP933721).

Etymology:— the species epithet is composed of the name of host genus, Machilus, and -cola, meaning “colonizer”.

Description:— MYCELIUM amphigenous, mainly epiphyllous,thin,effuse,persistent.HYPHAE hyaline,thin, smoothwalled, 4–8 µm wide. HYPHAL APPRESSORIA lObate tO mUltilObate, sessile, variable, 4–7 µm diam. CONIDIOPHORES erect, straight, (120‒175 µm) Up tO 210 µm lOng (inclUding cOnidia), 5–10 µm wide. FOOT CELLS cylindrical, straight, 88–102 × 5‒9 µm, fOllOwed by 1–2 shOrter cells. CONIDIA single, sUbcylindrical, 19–40 × 8–12 µm. CHASMOTHECIA scattered to gregariOUs, brOwn tO black, 116–148 µm diam. PERIDIUM CELLS cOnspicUOUs, pOlygOnal, 8–16 µm diam. APPENDAGES 12–16 per chasmothecium, either long or short, uncinuloid, arising around the chasmothecial middle (equatorial zone), 0.5–1.5 times as lOng as the chasmOthecial diam., 93–135 µm, width 4–6 µm thrOUghOUt Or at mOst slightly increasing tOwards the tip, apex tightly Uncinate-circinate, nOt enlarged, walls thick belOw (2–6 µm), gradUally becOming thinner towards the tip.ASCI 7–8 per chasmothecium, mostly stalked, rarely sessile, hyaline, globose, subglobose or ellipsoidal, 38–45 × 26–33 µm, 7–8-spOred. ASCOSPORES light grey in cOlOr, ellipsOidal tO OvOid, 13–20 × 9–12 µm.

Additional material examined:— PAKISTAN. Azad Jammu & Kashmir: District Sudhanoti, elevation 1372 m alt., 33.71°N, 73.68°E, 12 th Oct. 2021, I. Zafar and N.S. Afshan [AJK-41] (LAH37585), on leaves of Machilus duthiei. GenBank accession number: (OP933720).

Notes

Published as part of Zafar, Irsa, Afshan, Najam-Ul-Sehar, Khalid, Abdul Nasir & Götz, Monika, 2023, Erysiphe machilicola: a new powdery mildew species on Duthie's Bay Tree, pp. 283-291 in Phytotaxa 594 (4) on pages 287-288, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.594.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7917050

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
I
Event date
2021-10-12
Family
Erysiphaceae
Genus
Erysiphe
Kingdom
Fungi
Material sample ID
LAH37584 , LAH37585
Order
Erysiphales
Phylum
Ascomycota
Scientific name authorship
I. Zafar, Afshan & Khalid
Species
machilicola
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2021-10-12
Taxonomic concept label
Erysiphe machilicola Zafar, Afshan & Khalid, 2023