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MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 111, Issue -, Pages 62-69Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.09.003
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anamorph-teleomorph connection; Betula; Cryphonectria; forest pathology; Melanconidaceae
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Discula betulina is a foliar pathogen on birch (Betula) and Gnomonia intermedia is found on over-wintered birch leaves. Perithecia of G. intermedia developed in vitro on colonies of D. betulina isolated from birch tissues in late summer, and single ascospores of G. intermedia consistently developed into colonies similar to D. betulina, producing typical D. betulina conidia. isolates of D. betulina could be grouped into two mating types, which produced fertile perithecia of G. in termedia when mated with each other. Mycelia from single-ascospore and single-conidial isolates were inoculated onto shoots of downy birch, causing lesions and die-back from which D. betulina was consistently isolated. ITS region ribosomal DNA sequence analysis confirmed the results of the morphological and mating studies, and found that the closest known relatives of G. intermedia/D. betulina are Gnomoniella nana and Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum. The conclusion from these studies is that D. betulina is the anamorph of G. intermedia. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The British Mycological Society.
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