Check List 17(6): 1751-1754, doi: 10.15560/17.6.1751
Phaeosphaeria deschampsii J. Putzke & A.B.Pereira (Ascomycota, Fungi) causing whitening in Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae) in the South Shetland Islands
Antonio Batista Pereira‡, Jorge Renato Pinheiro Velloso‡, Jair Putzke‡‡ Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
Corresponding author: Antonio Batista Pereira ( antoniopereira@unipampa.edu.br ) Corresponding author: Jorge Renato Pinheiro Velloso ( jorgerenatovelloso@gmail.com ) Corresponding author: Jair Putzke ( jairputzke@unipampa.edu.br ) Academic editor: Jadson Bezerra © Antonio Batista Pereira, Jorge Renato Pinheiro Velloso, Jair Putzke. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Pereira AB, Velloso JRP, Putzke J (2021) Phaeosphaeria deschampsii J. Putzke & A.B.Pereira (Ascomycota, Fungi) causing whitening in Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae) in the South Shetland Islands. Check List 17(6): 1751-1754. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1751 |  |
Abstract
Phaeosphaeria deschampsii was described from dead leaves of Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic Grass). We surveyed other islands of the South Shetland archipelago, Antarctica, and also found Arctic Grass whitening, the disease associated with this fungus, indicating that is disease is widespread.
Keywords
Diseases, distribution, phytopathology, symptoms