Itersonilia

Itersonilia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Cystofilobasidiales
Family:	Mrakiaceae
Genus:	Itersonilia Derx (1948)
Type species
Itersonilia perplexans Derx (1948)
Species
Itersonilia diksonensis Itersonilia pannonica Itersonilia perplexans

Itersonilia is a genus of fungi in the order Cystofilobasidiales. ^[1] The genus comprises yeasts that have a hyphal state, forming cells that give rise to ballistospores. ^[2] The type species, Itersonilia perplexans , is a commercially significant plant pathogen causing root canker of parsnip and petal blight on chrysanthemums and other cut flowers. ^[3]

References

1. Liu XZ, Wang QM, Göker M, Groenewald M, Kachalkin AV, Lumbsch HT, Millanes AM, Wedin M, Yurkov AM, Boekhout T, Bai FY (2015). "Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 81: 85–147. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001 . PMC   4777781 . PMID   26955199.
2. Boekhout T (1991). "Systematics of Itersonilia: a comparative phenetic study". Mycological Research. 95 (2): 135–146. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)81003-4.
3. McGovern RJ, Horita H, Stiles CM, Seijo TE (2006). "Host range of Itersonilia perplexans and management of Itersonilia petal blight of China Aster". Plant Health Progress. 7. doi: 10.1094/PHP-2006-1018-02-RS .