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| Title |
Ganoderma species, including new taxa associated with root rot of the iconic Jacaranda mimosifolia in Pretoria, South Africa
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| Published in |
IMA Fungus, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.01.16 |
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| Authors |
Martin P. A. Coetzee, Seonju Marincowitz, Vuledzani G. Muthelo, Michael J. Wingfield |
| Abstract |
Jacaranda mimosifolia trees have been progressively dying due to Ganoderma root and butt rot disease in Pretoria (the "City of Jacarandas") for many years. Ganoderma austroafricanum was described from these trees previously but this was based on a single collection. This study treats a substantially expanded collection of isolates of Ganoderma made from all dying trees where basidiomes were present in a Pretoria suburb. DNA sequences were obtained from the ITS and LSU region for the isolates and compared against sequences on GenBank. Phylogenetic analyses were used to compare sequences with those for other Ganoderma species. Based on sequence comparisons and morphological characters, two new Ganoderma species were discovered and these are described here as G. enigmaticum and G. destructans spp. nov. Interestingly, the previously described G. austroafricanum was not found, G. enigmaticum was found on only one Ceratonia siliqua tree and G. destructans was found on all other trees sampled. The latter species appears to be the primary cause of root rot of J. mimosifolia in the area sampled. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 45 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 10 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 16% |
| Unknown | 13 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 51% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 12 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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