Armillaria species from south-eastern Australia

Kile, G. A.; Watling, Roy

doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(83)80212-5

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“…Application of mating tests have further led to the recognition of at least nine biological species in North America (Anderson & Ullrich 1979, Anderson 1986, Volk & Burdsall 1995 and at least ten biological species in Asia (Ota et al 1998). Several species of Armillaria are known to occur in Australia and New Zealand and these have been reasonably well studied (Pegler et al 1978, Kile & Watling 1981, 1983, 1988. However, very little is known regarding the taxonomy of species of Armillaria in Africa.…”

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Molecular characterisation of Armillaria species from Zimbabwe

Mwenje

Wingfield

Coetzee

et al. 2003

Mycological Research

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Armillaria species are amongst the most important pathogens of trees and have a world-wide distribution. In recent years, the taxonomy of Northern Hemisphere Armillaria spp. has been extensively treated, but those occurring in Africa are poorly known. Previously, isolates of Armillaria from Zimbabwe have been grouped based on morphology and biochemical tests. In this study, six isolates representing the three previously characterized groups of Armillaria spp. occurring in Zimbabwe were analysed using DNA-based techniques. Three distinct clusters emerged from both PCR-RFLP and analysis of sequence data for the IGS-1 rRNA operon. The three groups corresponded to those previously identified based on morphology and biochemical tests. Differences in IGS-1 sequences strongly suggest that the Zimbabwean groups represent three distinct taxa. Isolates belonging to Group I, previously assumed to be to A. heimii, were similar to those identified as A. fuscipes from South Africa and La Reunion. Group II isolates resided in a clade apart from all other isolates and appear to represent A. heimii. The remaining isolates residing in Group III clustered with isolates from Zambia and Cameroon. These are different from A. heimii and A. fuscipes and apparently represent an undescribed taxon.

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Molecular characterisation of Armillaria species from Zimbabwe

Mwenje

Wingfield

Coetzee

et al. 2003

Mycological Research

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“…Armillaria hinnulea has morphologically similar fruitbodies, but clamp connections are reported on subhymenial hyphae (Kile and Watling 1983;Coetzee et al 2001). Basidiospores of A. aotearoa range larger than those described for A. hinnulea (Kile and Watling 1983). The outer hygrophanous zone on the fresh cap appears to be a consistent feature of A. aotearoa.…”

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“…Fructifications of A. novae-zelandiae have viscid caps when new and stipes that often taper and darken to black towards the base. Armillaria hinnulea has morphologically similar fruitbodies, but clamp connections are reported on subhymenial hyphae (Kile and Watling 1983;Coetzee et al 2001). Basidiospores of A. aotearoa range larger than those described for A. hinnulea (Kile and Watling 1983).…”

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“…However, by the 1970s, it was apparent that these were not the only species of Armillaria present in this country (Shaw and Calderon 1977). Armillaria hinnulea was reported in both New Zealand and south-eastern Australia in 1983 (Kile and Watling 1983;Kile 1983). Its known New Zealand distribution is so far restricted to Nothofagus forests in the northwestern quarter of the South Island ).…”

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“…Fresh basidiocarps of A. sp. nov. are readily distinguished from those of the two common species, A. novae-zelandiae and A. limonea, but it is less easily differentiated from A. hinnulea (Kile and Watling 1983;Ramsfield et al 2008). Nevertheless, the validity of A. sp.…”

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Armillaria aotearoa species nova

Hood

Ramsfield

2016

N.Z. j. of For. Sci.

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Background: Three named species of Armillaria are currently recognised as occurring in New Zealand: Armillaria novae-zelandiae (G. Stev.) Herink, A. limonea (G. Stev.) Boesew. and Armillaria hinnulea Kile & Watling. A fourth species (Armillaria sp. nov.) has been collected in New Zealand over a period of 30 years but has not yet been named. Methods: Maximum likelihood analysis, using DNA sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of the ribosomal DNA repeat, DNA sequencing of the elongation factor 1-α gene, cultural pairing studies and morphological examination were undertaken to confirm the novelty of Armillaria sp. nov. as a distinct species. Results: Armillaria sp. nov. is distinguished by the morphology of the fresh basidiocarp, cultural interfertility tests with other Armillaria species and DNA sequence data. Conclusions: Armillaria sp. nov. is here formally named Armillaria aotearoa.

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