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By Pedro W. Crous and Uwe Braun

“The energetic duo of Pedro Crous and Uwe Braun are to be commended for this outstanding compilation and useful contribution toward understanding this important and prolific group of plant pathogenic fungi.”
-- Inoculum

Mycosphaerella is a large genus whose species vary in the type of conidial state produced. Some produce cercosporoid conidia, while other Mycosphaerella species have Cladosporium and Septoria conidial states. Mycosphaerella and its anamorphs: 1. Names published in Cercospora and Passalora is the first product of a larger effort to recollect, culture, and sequence all Mycosphaerella species. For that reason this is not just a compilation of names based on literature searches, this book is the result of several years of studying type specimens with the thousands of Cercospora names which increases our knowledge of the taxa as a whole.

Braun and Crous have provided a guide to the taxonomy of over 3,000 names described in Cercospora. More than 650 remain in Cercospora and 281 are considered synonyms of Cercospora apii. More than 550 names of Passalora, including Mycovellosiella, Phaeoramularia, Tandonella and Phaeoisariopsis p.p., are treated in a second list for a total of 5,720 names being treated. For each accepted species, which are listed alphabetically, the authors indicate the current nomenclatural disposition, synonyms, and pertinent literature. Much of the host and geographical data were taken from herbarium specimens and therefore not published previously, or were in widely scattered literature, making this information especially useful.

Features:

- Over 5720 names treated

- Key to more than 40 cercosporoid or similar genera

- Alphabetical species list of Cercospora and Passalora

- Index to species by host

- References
 

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Generic overview

Valid genera with uncertain status

Keys

The Cercospora apii complex and host specificity

An annotated checklist of Cercospora names

An annotated checklist of Passalora names

Excluded Passalora names
References

Index to fungus names by host genus

Index to nomenclatural novelties
 

2003; 7” x 9.75” hardcover, 571 pages; (3 pounds); Item No. 51496

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