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Sporothrix inflata, a root-inhabiting fungus of Quercus robur and Q. petraea

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The anamorphic fungus Sporothrix inflata, known as a soil-borne fungus with worldwide distribution, was isolated for the first time from the cortex and central cylinder of living and dead roots of healthy and diseased oak trees (Quercus robur and Q. petraea). Isolation frequencies of S. inflata from oak roots varied according to the health status of trees, oak species, study sites, soil depth and root diameter. Colony morphology and growth rate of isolates are influenced by colony age and type of culture medium.

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  1. Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection BOKU — University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, A-1190, Vienna, Austria

    Erhard Halmschlager

  2. Department of Forest Pathology, Faculty of Forestry, PL 31-425, Kraków, Poland

    Tadeusz Kowalski

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Halmschlager, E., Kowalski, T. Sporothrix inflata, a root-inhabiting fungus of Quercus robur and Q. petraea . Mycol Progress 2, 259–266 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0063-2

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