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Botrytis elliptica (Berk.) Cke. [=B. liliorum Fujikuro]
  Classification: Deuteromycotina, Hyphomycetes

Distributed from Kyushu to Kanto Distr., the southern to central part of Japan. Causes blight and leaf spot in various Lilium plants. Disperses by scattering conidia.

Characteristics: Plant pathogen

Morphology:
 Teleomorph: Unknown
 Anamorph: On short branches of tall macronematous conidiophores, producing conidia of hyaline to pale brown, ellipsoid, 16-35x10-24um in size without septa.

Conidia

Herbarium specimen in NIAES

Specimen No. Scientific name Host name Host scientific name Symptoms Geographical origin Collected date Collector
116-1-118 Botrytis elliptica Lily Lilium sp. Blight Fukuoka 1930.6.14  Kawamura, E.

(Described by Tsukiboshi, T., NIAES, Microbial Systemtics Lab., 2002)


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