Original paper
A new species of Olivea Arth. from India
Hosagoudar, V.B.
Nova Hedwigia Band 49 Heft 1-2 (1989), p. 203 - 205
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published: Aug 2, 1989
DOI: 10.1127/nova.hedwigia/49/1989/203
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Abstract
During a survey of the pathogenic microfungi in the Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu, plants of Isonandra lanceolata Wight var. anfractuosa Cl. (Sapotaceae) showed yellow spots on the lower surface of the leaves and the corresponding upper surface of the leaf turned yellow. Initially the pustules on the lower surface of the yellow leaf spots were brick-red coloured, gregarious but at maturity, the spots were covered with a yellow coloured powdery spore mass. A little disturbance to the infected plant parts released a cloud of spores in the air. Microscopic examination of these infected plant parts revealed the presence of the rust fungus belong to an undescribed species of the genus Olivea Arth.
Keywords
fungus • India