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Some new hosts to Leptosphaerulina McAlp. from India

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The present paper describes a species ofLeptosphaerulina occurring on 10 angiospermic hosts belonging to 7 families of dicotyledons. On the basis of perithecial size, shape, septation and size of ascospores, the fungus occurring on all these hosts was considered to be belonging to a single species which was identified asL. australis McAlp. Further work on the taxonomy and nutritional requirements of the fungus is under investigation.

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  1. Mycology and Plant Pathology Section, Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad-7

    P. N. Rao & D. Karan

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Rao, P.N., Karan, D. Some new hosts to Leptosphaerulina McAlp. from India. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 22, 91–95 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049642

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