Lasiodiplodia bruguierae
Lasiodiplodia bruguierae J.A. Osorio, Jol. Roux & Z.W. de Beer, Fungal Biology 121: 374. 2016.
Index Fungorum: IF812011; Facesoffungi: xxxxxx; MycoBank: MB812011.
Sexual morph: not observed. Asexual morph: Conidiomata up to (352–)382–622(–754) mm, solitary or aggregated, dark brown to black, papillate. Conidiophores absent or reduced to a supporting cell. Paraphyses not observed. Conidiogenous cells (13)11–21(–23) × (2.7–)3–5 μm, hyaline, subcylindrical, holoblastic. Conidia (19–) 25–26(–32) × (11–)12–13(–15) μm, hyaline, aseptate, ellipsoid to ovoid, contents granular, thick-walled, becoming dark brown and septate when mature.
Culture characteristics: Colonies reaching 71 mm diam. on MEA after 4 d in the dark at 25 °C. Cardinal temperatures for growth: min 15 °C, max < 35 °C, opt 25−30 °C.
Representative isolate: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal province, Mlalazi Nature Reserve, Mtunzini, from asymptomatic branches of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza. J.A Osorio & Jol. Roux, holotype PREM 61248, CBS 139638 (ex-type culture).
Hosts: Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (Osorio et al. 2016).
Known distribution: Mtunzini and Richards Bay (KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa).
GenBank Numbers: ITS KP860832; tef1-α KP860677; tub2 KP860755; rpb2 KU587876
Notes: Phylogenetically, Lasiodiplodia bruguierae is closely related to L. brasiliensis, L. hormozganensis, L. theobromae and L. mahajangana, but can be distinguished from these species based on its morphology.
References:
Osorio JA, Crous CJ, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, & Roux J (2017). Endophytic Botryosphaeriaceae, including five new species, associated with mangrove trees in South Africa. Fungal biology 121: 361–393.