Phaeosphaeria deschampsii J. Putzke & A.B.Pereira (Ascomycota, Fungi) causing whitening in Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae) in the South Shetland Islands

By

Pereira, Antônio Batista
Velloso, Jorge Renato Pinheiro
Putzke, Jair

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-12-23

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1751--1754

Subjects

Diseases , Distribution , phytopathology , symptoms

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1751

 

Abstract

Phaeosphaeria deschampsii was described from dead leaves of Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic Grass). We surveyed other islands of the South Shetland archipelago, Antarctica, and also found Arctic Grass whitening, the disease associated with this fungus, indicating that is disease is widespread.