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Guignardia aesculi (Peck) V.B. Stewart, 1916 (Horse Chestnut Leaf Blotch - Causative Organism)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Guignardia aesculi Imperfect stage 11 July 1998 Bucks England 6

Suggested Literature

Guignardia aesculi may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Guignardia aesculi is associated with:

Photos anamorph, pycnidium Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut (Hippocastanaceae) epiphyllous, scattered or crowded pycnidium of anamorph causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Lesions irregular, starting from tip and along sides, spreading inwards; at first water-soaked then red to brown with yellow margins]
Photos pseudothecium Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut (Hippocastanaceae) pseudothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, over-wintered leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Guignardia aesculi:

Guignardia aesculi may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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