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1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Meliola mangiferae Earle (Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Meliolales: Meliolaceae) Common Name Meliola mangiferae Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/143039 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Eric McKenzie - [email protected] Author: McKenzie, E. Citation: McKenzie, E. (2013) Meliola mangiferae(Meliola mangiferae)Updated on 4/14/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/143039 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures Commodity Type: Mango Distribution: Indo-Malaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Oceania Groups: Fungi & Mushrooms Host Family: Anacardiaceae Pest Status: 2 NZ - Regulated pest Status: 0 NZ - Unknown 2.4. Diagnostic Notes **Disease** Black mildew, sooty blotch. **Morphology** _Colonies_ on both surfaces of living leaves, black, circular, usually 2–3 mm diam. _Hyphae_ dark brown, with small side branches (hyphopodia) some of which have a pore in the apex; hyphopodia alternate, 2-celled, 18–35 µm long. _Setae_ straight, dark brown, often with a forked apex, up to 900 µm long, 9–11 µm wide. _Ascomata_ black, globose. _Asci_ dissolve readily so not usually seen. _Ascospores_ 50–59 × 20–27.5 µm, dark brown, ellipsoid, thick-walled, smooth, straight, 4-septate, constricted at septa. 2.5. References - Hansford, C.G. (1961). _The Meliolineae. A Monograph_. Beihefte zur Sydowia. Annales Mycologici, Ser. II, 2, No. 1091. - Hansford, .C.G. (1963). _Iconographia Meliolineaum_. Beihefte zur Sydowia. Annales Mycologici, Ser. II, 5, No. 1091. - Rodríguez, M. & Minter, D.W. (1998). _Meliola mangiferae. IMI Description of Fungi and Bacteria 1355_, 1–2. 3. Diagnostic Images Meliola mangiferae 5-celled ascospore Meliola mangiferae hyphodium with pore in Ascospore: E. McKenzie Landcare apex Research Hyphodia: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Meliola mangiferae colonies on upper Meliola mangiferae colonies on lower surface of mango leaves surface of mango leaf In Life: E. McKenzie Landcare Research In Life: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Meliola mangiferae colonies on lower Meliola mangiferae mycelia and hyphodia on surface of mango leaf leaf of mango In Life: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Mycelia & Hyphodia: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Meliola mangiferae mycelia and hyphodia on Meliola mangiferae setae and forked end of leaf of mango setae Mycelia & Hyphodia: E. McKenzie Landcare Setae: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Research Results Generated: Thursday, September 30, 2021 .

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