Rhynchosporium secalis

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Rynchopsporium secalis at Hordeum vulgare, bladvelekkenziekte wintergerst (1).jpg

| image_upright = 0.7

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| classis = Ascomycetes

| ordo = Incertae sedis

| familia = Incertae sedis

| genus = Rhynchosporium

| species = R. secalis

| binomial = Rhynchosporium secalis

| binomial_authority = (Oudem.) Davis

| synonyms =

Marssonia secalis Oudem. (1897)

Marssonina secalis (Oudem.) Magnus (1906)

Rhynchosporium graminicola Heinsen (1897)

Septocylindrium secalis Oudem.

}}

Rhynchosporium secalis is an ascomycete fungus that is the causal agent of barley and rye scald.

Morphology

No sexual stage is known. The mycelium is hyaline to light gray and develops sparsely as a compact stroma under the cuticle of the host plant. Condia (2-4 x 12-20 μm) are borne sessilely on cells of the fertile stroma. They are hyaline, 1-septate, and cylindric to ovate, mostly with a short apical beak. Microconida have been reported, but their function is unknown. They are exuded from flasklike mycelial branches.

{{cite book

| last = Mathre

| first = D.E.

| title = Compendium of barley diseases

| publisher = American Phytopathological Society

| year = 1997

| pages = 120

}}

Host species

Sources

  • [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820101227/http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ USDA ARS Fungal Database]

References