Comprehensive Description
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Phyllosticta solitaria Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila
1895: 430. 1895.
Spots small, whitish, surrounded by a darker brown area, the main spot reaching a diameter of 1 mm. on leaves, fruit, and twigs; pycnidia few, usually only one in the center of each spot, reaching a diameter of 75 n; spores large, ellipsoid or subglobose, about 5-6 X 6-8 fx. It occurs on the petioles and midribs on the under surface of the leaves, causing cankers; also on the twigs causing elongate cankers; also on fruit causing apple blotch.
On Malaceaej:
Crataegus sp., New Jersey.
Malus Malus (L.) Britton (Pyrus Malus L.), Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West
Virginia.
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. (Pyrus coronaria L.), Indiana, West Virginia. Type locality: Crawfordsville, Indiana, on Pyrus coronaria. Distribution: Eastern half of the United States.
- bibliographic citation
- Fred Jay Seaver. 1922. PHYLLOSTICTALES; PHYLLOSTICTACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 6(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Phyllosticta solitaria: Brief Summary
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Phyllosticta solitaria is a fungal plant pathogen infecting apples.
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