Dothiorella longicollis

Dothiorella longicollis is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).[1]

Dothiorella longicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Dothiorella
Species:
D. longicollis
Binomial name
Dothiorella longicollis
Pavlic et al. 2008

References

  1. Pavlic, D.; Wingfield, M. J.; Barber, P.; Slippers, B.; Hardy, G. E. St. J.; Burgess, T. I. (2008). "Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia" (PDF). Mycologia. 100 (6): 851–866. doi:10.3852/08-020. ISSN 0027-5514.

Further reading

  • Sakalidis, Monique L., Giles E. StJ Hardy, and Treena I. Burgess. "Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae." Fungal Ecology 4.1 (2011): 1-14.
  • Jami, Fahimeh, et al. "Five new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from Acacia karroo in South Africa." Cryptogamie, Mycologie 33.3 (2012): 245-266.
  • Australia, Western. Draginja Pavlic. Diss. University of Pretoria, 2009.


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