Blumeriella

Blumeriella
Conidia of cherry leaf spot
conidia of cherry leaf spot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Dermateaceae
Genus: Blumeriella
Arx
Type species
Blumeriella jaapii
(Rehm) Arx
Species
  • Blumeriella ceanothi
  • Blumeriella filipendulae
  • Blumeriella haddenii
  • Blumeriella hiemalis
  • Blumeriella jaapii
  • Blumeriella kerriae
  • Blumeriella prunophorae

Blumeriella is a genus of fungi in the Dermateaceae family.[1] The genus contain 5 species.[2]

Blumeriella kerriae

Since 2014 the UK’s Royal Horticultural Society has been receiving reports from gardeners and horticulturalists of damage to plants of the shrub Kerria japonica. Symptoms include multiple red spots on leaves, and lesions on the stems, resulting in defoliation and eventual death. It has been determined that this infection is caused by the fungus Blumeriella kerriae, which is specific to the Kerria. This highly contagious disease, known in English as kerria twig and leaf blight, was known in the U.S. but has not previously been observed on British plants. It is regarded as a serious threat to the cultivated kerria plants, which are popular garden shrubs.[3]

See also

List of Dermateaceae genera

References

  1. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ↑ "Kerria twig and leaf blight". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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