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Kalmusia coniothyrium
This fungus was originally described in the genus Sphaeria, as Sphaeria coniothyrium Fuckel 1870. It was transferred to Leptosphaeria by Saccardo in 1875, to Melanomma by Holm (1957) and to Diapleella by Barr (1986). It usually is referred to as Leptosphaeria coniothyrium in plant pathological literature (see, for example, Holevas et al. 2000) but it does not fit Leptosphaeria sensu stricto which has distinct morphological characters and a Phoma sect. Plenodomus anamorph. In the most recent systematic treatment, Huhndorf (1992) places it in the genus Kalmusia, as Kalmusia coniothyrium (Fuckel) Huhndorf 1992. Sphaeria melantera Peck 1878 and Sphaeria hendersoniae Ellis 1877 are listed by Barr (1992) as taxonomic synonyms.
This fungus frequently has been reported under the anamorph name Coniothyrium fuckelii. That name was recently transferred to Microsphaeropsis (Boerema 2003).
Kalmusia coniothyrium (Fuckel) Huhndorf 1992 (Ascomycetes, Pleosporales)
≡ Sphaeria coniothyrium Fuckel 1870
≡Diapleella coniothyrium (Fuckel) M.E. Barr 1986
≡Leptosphaeria coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc. 1875
≡Melanomma coniothyrium (Fuckel) L. Holm 1957
≡Leptosphaeria coniothyrium f. coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc. 1875
≡Leptosphaeria coniothyrium var. coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc. 1875
= Sphaeria hendersoniae Ellis 1877
≡ Clypeosphaeria hendersoniae (Ellis) Sacc. 1883
Leptosphaeria hendersoniae (Ellis) Cooke 1889 Note: Not (Ellis) Berl. 1892. Not (Fuckel) L. Holm 1957. As Clypeosphaeria hendersoniae under Leptosphaeria heading (Art. 33.1); no definite combination made, no description.
≡ Leptosphaeria hendersoniae (Ellis) Berl. 1892 Note: No written diagnosis, but with illustration of details (Art. 42.3). Not (Fuckel) L. Holm. 1957. Not (Ellis) Cooke 1889 nom. inval.
= Sphaeria melantera Peck 1878 [1875]
Alternate State (Anamorph): Microsphaeropsis fuckelii (Sacc.) Boerema
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
Substrate: Stems (canes).
Disease Note: Cane and/or stem blight and canker. Wound parasite. Air, soil, and water-borne.
Host: Rubus spp. Rosa spp., and other Rosaceae. Wide range of hosts as a wound parasite.
Updated on Jun 13, 2005
Microsphaeropsis fuckelii (Sacc.) Boerema 2003
≡ Coniothyrium fuckelii Sacc. 1878
= Coniothyrium fuckelii f. berberidis Sacc.
= Coniothyrium fuckelii f. berberidis-vulgaris Sacc.
= Coniothyrium fuckelii f. corrigiolae Gonz. Frag.
= Coniothyrium fuckelii f. pinastri Gonz. Frag.
= Coniothyrium fuckelii f. thesii Unamuno
= Coniothyrium fuckelii f. zizyphi Sacc.
= Coniothyrium fuckelii var. cecidophilum Massee
= Coniothyrium fuckelii var. disticha Sacc.
= Coniothyrium fuckelii var. ribis-aurei Gonz. Frag.
Variant spelling Coniothyrium fuckelii f. ribis-aurei Gonz. Frag.
Alternate State (Teleomorph): Kalmusia coniothyrium (Fuckel) Huhndorf
Notes: ITS and morphology similar to Coniothyrium sporulosum (Muthumeenakshi 2001, see also Verkley et al. 2004).
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
Substrate: Canes (stems).
Disease Note: Cane and/or stem blight and canker. Wound parasite. Air, soil, and water-borne.
Host: Rubus spp. Rosa spp., and other Rosaceae. Wide range of hosts as a wound parasite.
Supporting Literature:
Barr, M.E. 1992. Additions to and notes on the Phaeosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Loculoascomycetes). Mycotaxon 43: 371-400.
Boerema, G.H. 2003. Contributions towards a monograph of Phoma (Coelomycetes) - X. Persoonia 18: 153-161.
Crane, J.L., and Shearer, C.A. 1991. A nomenclator of Leptosphaeria V. Cesati & G. DeNotaris. Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey, Biol. Notes 34: 1-355.
Huhndorf, S.M. 1992. Systematics of Leptosphaeria species found on the Rosaceae. Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey, Biol. Notes 34: 480-533.
Muthumeenakshi, S., Goldstein, A.L., Stewart, A., and Whipps, J.M. 2001. Molecular studies on intraspecific diversity and phylogenetic position of Coniothyrium minitans. Mycol. Res. 105: 1065-1074.
Verkley, G.J.M., da Silva, M., Wicklow, D.T., and Crous, P.W. 2004. Paraconiothyrium, a new genus to accomodatethe mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans, anamorphs of Paraphaeosphaeria, and four new species. Stud. Mycol. 50: 323-335.
Updated on Jan 25, 2006
Additional Literature
Boerema, G.H., and Verhoeven, A.A. 1972. Check-list for scientific names of common parasitic fungi. Series 1a: fungi on trees and shrubs. Netherlands J. Pl. Pathol. 78 : 1-63
Holevas, C.D., Chitzanidis, A., Pappas, A.C., and et al. 2000. Disease agents of cultivated plants observed in Greece from 1981 to 1990. Benaki Phytopathol. Inst., Kiphissia, Athens. 19 : 1-96
Punithalingam, E. 1980. Leptosphaeria coniothyrium. C.M.I. Descript. Pathog. Fungi Bact. 663:1-2.
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Written by Erica Cline, June 17, 2005.
Suggested citation: Cline, E. Kalmusia coniothyrium. Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://nt.ars-grin.gov/sbmlweb/OnlineResources/FungiOnline.cfm .
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