With the simultaneous growth in interest from the mycological community to discover fungal
species and classify them, there is also an important need to assemble all taxonomic …

The current list of Chinese quarantine pests includes 130 fungal species. However, recent
changes in the taxonomy of fungi following the one fungus= one name initiative and the …

Two members of the family Botryosphaeriaceae (Diplodia mutila and D. seriata), one
member of the family Bulgariaceae (Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis) and one member of …

Sphaeropsis rot, caused by Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens, is an important postharvest
disease of apple in the United States. The objectives of this study were to determine the …

Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis and Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens are fungal pathogens that
cause postharvest speck rot and Sphaeropsis rot, respectively, in apple. Under quarantine …

Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens is the cause of Sphaeropsis rot, a recently reported postharvest
fruit rot disease of apple. Infection of apple fruit by the fungus is believed to occur in the …

2 yielded the same symptoms as seen in packinghouses, and the fungus was re-isolated
from the diseased fruit. This is the first report of a fruit rot in apple caused by L. corni-maris in …

D. mutila, D. seriata, P. lacerum was the same day of harvest. The fungal species Pha.
washingtonensis and P. lacerum were the most important in developing apple rot (lesions) …