Aciculosporium
| Aciculosporium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Aciculosporium I.Miyake (1908) |
| Type species | |
| Aciculosporium take I.Miyake (1908)
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Aciculosporium is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[1] Species of this genus cause witches' broom of bamboo in East Asia. Aciculosporium take grows intercellularly in witches' broom shoots, including shoot apical meristems.[2] The stroma are produced around the apex of the host shoots.
Species
[edit]The index fungorum currently (2021) lists:[3]
- Aciculosporium monostipum (J.F. White, Bills, S.C. Alderman & Spatafora) M. Kolařík & Píchová (2018)
- Aciculosporium oplismeni E. Tanaka (2021)
- Aciculosporium phalaridis (J. Walker) M. Kolařík & Píchová (2018)
- Aciculosporium sasicola Oguchi (2001)
- Aciculosporium take I. Miyake (1908)
References
[edit]- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
- ^ Eiji Tanaka. Specific in situ visualization of the pathogenic endophytic fungus Aciculosporium take, the cause of witches’ broom in bamboo Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 July; 75(14): 4829–4834
- ^ Species fungorum search Aciculosporium (retrieved 10 June 2021)
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