1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Curvularia geniculata (Tracy & Earle) Boedijn (Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes: Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Common Name Curvularia geniculata Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/143019 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) Curvularia geniculata(Curvularia geniculata)Updated on 3/23/2014 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/143019 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: 0 Unknown Commodity Type: 0 Unknown Distribution: Oceania, Afrotropic, Antarctic, Australasia, Indo-Malaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic Groups: Fungi & Mushrooms Host Family: 0 Unknown Pest Status: 1 NZ - Non-regulated species Status: NZ - Exotic 2.4. Other Names Cochliobolus geniculatus R.R. Nelson Pseudocochliobolus geniculatus (R.R. Nelson) Tsuda, Ueyama & Nishih. 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Morphology** _Conidiophores_ up to 600 µm long, 5–9 µm thick, usually unbranched, septate, reddish brown to dark reddish brown, paler near apex, straight, flexuous or geniculate near apex, with conspicuous and thickened conidial scars. _Conidia_ 26–48 × 8–13 µm, 4-septate, basal and apical cell pale brown, intermediate cells brown or dark brown, smooth, fusiform, geniculate (bent like a knee), central cell usually larger and darker than other cells, basal scar slightly protruding. The sexual state is not seen in nature. 2.6. References - Ellis, M.B. (1966). Dematiaceous hyphomycetes. VII _Curvularia, Brachysporium_, etc. _Mycological Papers 106_, 1–57. - Ellis, M.B. (1971). _Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes_. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England, pp. 455–456. - Sivanesan, A. (1987). Graminicolous species of _Bipolaris, Drechslera, Exserohilum_ and their teleomorphs. _Mycological Papers 158_, 1–261. - Sivanesan, A. & Holliday, P. (1982). _Cochliobolus geniculatus. CMI Description of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria 727_, 1–2. 3. Diagnostic Images Curvularia geniculata conidia, Curvularia geniculata conidia, conidiogenous cells and conidiophores conidiogenous cells and conidiophores Conidiophores & Conidia: E. McKenzie Conidiophores & Conidia: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Landcare Research Results Generated: Saturday, October 2, 2021 .