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Exobasidium dubium and E. miyabei sp. nov. causing Exobasidium leaf blisters on Rhododendron spp. in Japan

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 Two Exobasidium species causing Exobasidium leaf blister on Rhododendron spp. are described. An Exobasidium leaf blister on Rhododendron yedoense var. yedoense f. yedoense has been recognized in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, since the first report was issued in 1950. The causal fungus is identified with Exobasidium dubium from the morphology of its hymenial structure and mode of germination of the basidiospores. Another Exobasidium leaf blister on Rhododendron dauricum has been observed in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. In comparison with morphology based on hymenial structure and mode of germination of the basidiospores of the 100 validly described taxa, this fungus differs from those known taxa in the size of basidia and basidiospores, the numbers of sterigmata and septa of basidiospores, and the mode of germination of basidiospores. Thus, a new species, Exobasidium miyabei, is established and illustrated.

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  1. Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan Tel. +81-29-853-4792; Fax +81-29-853-6617 e-mail: kaki@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp, , , , , , JP

    H. Nagao & M. Kakishima

  2. Donan Branch, Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Hakodate, Japan, , , , , , JP

    M. Akimoto

  3. Kawasaki, Japan, , , , , , JP

    K. Kishi

  4. Matsudo, Japan, , , , , , JP

    A. Ezuka

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Received: February 13, 2002 / Accepted: September 25, 2002

 Present address: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan

Acknowledgments We profoundly appreciate the cooperation of Dr. V. Melnik in providing Russian papers and Dr. L. Vasilyeva for translating them into English. We thank Prof. H. Takahashi for loaning the materials in the Herbarium of the Hokkaido University Museum and Dr. W. Abe, Graduate School of Science, University of Hokkaido, for his kind help with the sampling of R. dauricum in Teshikaga, Hokkaido Prefecture. This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 13460019), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Contribution No. 171, Laboratory of Plant Parasitic Mycology, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba.

Correspondence to:M. Kakishima

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Nagao, H., Akimoto, M., Kishi, K. et al. Exobasidium dubium and E. miyabei sp. nov. causing Exobasidium leaf blisters on Rhododendron spp. in Japan. Mycoscience 44, 0001–0009 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-002-0068-x

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