Most known species is Sphaeropsis sapinea(Fr.) Dyko & B. Sutton (1980) (or Diplodia sapinea(Fr.) Fuckel and Diplodia pinea(Desm.) J. Kickx f.),[4] which is the causal agent of the Diplodia tip blight disease on pines and other conifer species.[5] It is also found on forest and ornamental trees in the Western Balkans, Europe,[6] and in the United States.[7]
History
The genus Sphaeropsis was introduced by Saccardo in 1880 (for several species of Diplodia with brown, aseptate conidia), with Sphaeropsis visci named as the type species.[1]Sphaeropsis was later found to be the asexual morph of Phaeobotryosphaeria (Phillips et al. 2008,[8] 2013;[9] Wijayawardene et al. 2017).[10]
Distribution
Species in Sphaeropsis have a cosmopolitan distribution since they have been recorded from both temperate and tropical countries.[2] Including; Germany, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, (Phillips et al. 2013;[9] Slippers et al. 2014;[11] Farr and Rossman 2019).[12] China (Sphaeropsis citrigena and Sphaeropsis guizhouensis),[13] and Chile.[14]
Etymology
Sphaeropsis is derived from the New Latin from sphaer meaning sphere or globe and opsis meaning appearance, vision. So named as the species are similar in form to the fungal genus SphaeriaHaller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 3: 120 (1768),[15] (in the Hypoxylaceae family, Xylariales order).[16]
Hosts
Species Sphaeropsis visci causes leaf-spot disease on Asian mistletoe (Viscum coloratum(Kom.) Nakai) in China,[17] and also on European mistletoe (Viscum album) populations.[18][19][20] While species Sphaeropsis pinea (Needle cast) is a significant problem in Chile.[14]
Species
As of 1September2023[update], the GBIF lists up to 143 species,[2] while Species Fungorum lists about 139 species (out of 374 records).[21] Over 600 species were accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.[3]
This list of species with name, authority and dates is based on the Species Fungorum list.
The Botryosphaeriaceae are a family of sac fungi (Ascomycetes), which is the type representative of the order Botryosphaeriales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 26 genera and over 1500 species. Members of this order include notable plant pathogens.
Venturia is a genus of fungi in the family Venturiaceae. First identified in 1882, species in the genus are plant pathogens. Venturia is widespread and the genus contains an estimated 58 species, or 130 species. Anamorphs were historically represented in the genus Fusicladium.
Cucurbitaria is a genus of pyrenomycetous fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.
Didymosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.
Phaeobotryosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. There were originally 10 species.
Aplosporella is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae.
Zignoëlla is a genus of fungi within the Chaetosphaeriaceae family.
Monochaetia is a genus of fungi in the family Sporocadaceae. Species in the genus are typically plant parasites and saprobes, and cause leaf spot diseases on various hosts.
Cercosporella is a fungus genus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae.
Cylindrosporium is a genus of parasitic fungi. The genus includes several plant pathogens that cause leaf spot.
Passalora is a genus of fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. It has about 250 species.
Sporocadus is a genus of plant pathogens in the family Sporocadaceae.
↑ Zlatkovic, Milica; Keca, Nenad Djuro; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jami, Fahimeh; Slippers, Bernard (April 2016). "Botryosphaeriaceae associated with the die-back of ornamental trees in the Western Balkans". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109 (4): 543–564. doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0659-8. hdl:2263/52504. PMID26891906. S2CID254232021.
↑ Palmer, M.A.; Stewart, E.L.; Wingfield, M.J. (1987). "Variation among isolates of Sphaeropsis sapinea in the north central United States". Phytopathology. 77 (6): 944–948. doi:10.1094/Phyto-77-944.
↑ Chen, Jie; Liu, Xuefeng; Jia, Hanqi; Zhu, Wenbo (2018). "First report of leaf-spot disease caused by Sphaeropsis visci on Asian mistletoe [Viscum coloratum (Kom.) Nakai] in China". Journal of Forestry Research. 29 (6): 1769–1774. doi:10.1007/s11676-017-0550-0. S2CID255354212.
↑ Poczai, P.; Varga, I.; Hyvonen, J. (2015). "Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) evolution in populations of the hyperparasitic European mistletoe pathogen fungus, Sphaeropsis visci (Botryosphaeriaceae): the utility of ITS2 secondary structures". Gene. 558 (1): 54–64. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2014.12.042. PMID25536165.
↑ Stojanović, S. (1989). "The investigation of Sphaeropsis visci (Salm.) Sacc, Colletotrichum gloeosporoides (Sacc.) Penz, parasites on European (Viscum album ssp. typicum Beck)". Zaštita Bilja. 40: 493–503.
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