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Conidiogenesis, nutritional physiology and taxonomy ofAureobasidium andHormonema

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Diagnostic criteria for the distinction of the slightly osmophilic species,Aureobasidium pullulans, and the opportunistic pathogen on conifers,Hormonema dematioides, are provided. Reliable identification requires a combination of characters of conidiogenesis, expansion growth and assimilative abilities. Relationships with species ofKabatiella, and with the teleomorph generaPringsheimia, Dothidea andDothiora, all havingHormonema-like cultural states, are discussed. An identification key is provided.

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de Hoog, G.S., Yurlova, N.A. Conidiogenesis, nutritional physiology and taxonomy ofAureobasidium andHormonema . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 65, 41–54 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00878278

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