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A new species of Phellinus sensu stricto associated with esca on grapevine in South Africa

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A new species of Phellinus sensu stricto was isolated from diseased Vitis vinifera in the Northern Cape and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. Phellinus resupinatus is described here based on fruit body morphology, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU) phylogenies. Phellinus resupinatus forms a well-supported clade closely related to Phellinus bicuspidatus, a species associated with white rot in oak trees in the United States. Morphologically, P. resupinatus is characterised by its resupinate fruit body shape, straight, ventricose hymenial setae and broadly ellipsoid hyaline basidiospores. It has been isolated from esca-diseased grapevines in the summer rainfall regions of South Africa and is found on the uppermost trunks of declining vines showing symptoms of white rot.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

    M. Cloete, I. L. Du Plessis, L. Mostert & F. Halleen

  2. Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture, Julius-Kühn Institut, Geilweilerhof, 76833, Siebeldingen, Germany

    M. Fischer

  3. Plant Protection Division, ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Private Bag X5026, Stellenbosch, 7599, South Africa

    I. L. Du Plessis & F. Halleen

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Cloete, M., Fischer, M., Du Plessis, I.L. et al. A new species of Phellinus sensu stricto associated with esca on grapevine in South Africa. Mycol Progress 15, 25 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-016-1168-x

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