CLITOCYBE ROOT EOT OF WOODY PLANTS 



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Table 1. — List of plants in Florida on. which Clitocybe root rot has been found 10 



or more times 



Common name 



Horsetail Australian pine 



India-rubber fig 



Scalybark Australian pine___ 

 Peach 



Tung tree 



Rough lemon (rootstock) 



Cunningham Australian pine 



Common gua va 



Sturdy cypress-pine 



Coast Australian pine 



Turkscap waxmallow 



American arborvitae 



Beakpod eucalyptus 



Indica azalea 



Chinese hibiscus 



Swamp Australian pine 



Brazil peppertree 



Sand pear 



Camphor-tree 



Turkey oak 



Amur privet 



Australian pine 



Loquat 



Gaumach.il apes-earring 



Rose (rootstock unknown) _ _ 



Oriental arborvitae 



Silverleaf pumpwood 



Laurel oak 



Purple bauhinia 



Grape___ 



Common pomegranate 



Carolina laurelcherry 



Sand pine 



Common poinsettia 



Surinam-cherry 



Cattley guava 



Japanese rose (rootstock) 



Oleander 



Scientific name 



Casuarina equisetifolia L 



Ficus elastica Roxb 



Casuarina lepidophloia F. Muell 



Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 



Aleurites fordii Hemsl 



Citrus Union (L.) Burm f 



Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq 



Psidium gua Java L 



Callitris robusta R. Br 



Casuarina stricta Ait 



Malvaviscus grandiUorus H. B. 



K. 



Thuja occidentalis L 



Eucalyptus robusta J. E. Sm 



Rhododendron indicum (L.) 



Sweet. 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L 



Casuarina glauca Sieb 



Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi 



Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm.) NakaL 

 Cinnamomum camphor a (L.) 



Nees & Eberm. 



Quercus laevis Walt 



Ligustrum amurense Carr 



Casuarina montana Leschen 



Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) 



Lindl. 

 Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) 



Benth. 



Rosa sp 



Thuja orientalis L 



Cecropia palmata Willd 



Quercus laurifolia Michx 



Bauhinia purpurea L 



Vitis sp 



Punica granatum L 



Prunus caroliniana Mill 



Pinus clausa (Engelm.) Vasey__ 



Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd 



Eugenia uniflora L 



Psidium cattleianum Sabine 



Rosa multi flora Thunb 



Nerium oleander L 



Number of 



diseased 



plants 



reported 



4,500 



2,500 



660 



1 625 



1 375 



330 



149 



102 



i 100 



86 



58 



36 

 33 

 31 



25 

 22 



21 

 20 

 20 



19 

 17 

 16 

 16 



16 



15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 



1 In these cases losses of trees in some plantings occurred so extensively that the figures represent estimates 

 rather than exact counts. 



2 Number includes a single young ornamental tree and the estimated mortality on a %-acre planting of 

 closely set stock plants grown under a lath shed. 



plants, based on records extending over a period of 20 years, gives a 

 general idea of the relative susceptibility of these plants to the disease. 

 In Florida 210 species of plants have been recorded as hosts for 

 Clitocybe tdbescens. However, there are still many woody plants 

 widely planted in Florida that have not been found infected as yet 

 or appear to be attacked but rarely. Many plants that have been 



