Lectera, a new genus of the Plectosphaerellaceae for the legume pathogen Volutella colletotrichoides

By

Cannon, Paul F., 1956-
Buddie, Alan G.
Bridge, Paul D. (Paul Dennis), 1956-
de Neergaard, Eigil
Lübeck, Mette
Askar, Mohamed

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

Nature conservation

Volume

3

Pages

23-36

Subjects

Cicer arietinum , Phylogeny , plant pathogenic fungi , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2012-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.3.3065

 

Abstract

Volutella colletotrichoides is shown to belong to the Plectosphaerellaceae rather than the Hypocreales where other species of that genus reside. The new genus Lectera is described for V. colletotrichoides, and for a further, previously undescribed species with slightly longer conidia and differences in rDNA ITS and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) sequences. Lectera species are found to be soil-dwelling organisms associated particularly with species of Fabaceae, and L. colletotrichoides is demonstrated to be a pathogen of Cicer arietinum and other grain legumes.