First records of Eocronartium muscicola (Basidiomycota, Eocronartiaceae) in Chile on two new hosts

Authors

  • PABLO SANDOVAL Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa 11315, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile.
  • JOSÉ L. HENRÍQUEZ Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa 11315, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
  • LUIS FAÚNDEZ BIOTA, Gestión y Consultorías Ambientales Ltda. Roberto Owen 0267, La Florida, Santiago, Chile
  • JUAN LARRAÍN Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

Keywords:

Pucciniomycetes, Eurhynchiella acanthophylla, Eurhynchium corralense, moss parasite, Chilean Mycobiota

Abstract

The heterobasidiomycete fungus Eocronartium muscicola is an obligate parasite recorded on about 21 moss species,
mainly from the Northern Hemisphere. It interacts with its hosts mainly by replacing the sporophyte and obtaining water
and nutrients from the gametophyte through specialized tissues. This work reports for the first time E. muscicola on the
native mosses Eurhynchium corralense and Eurhynchiella acanthophylla in central and southern Chile, in different forest
formations. Also, associations between fungi and bryophytes as well as the taxonomic status of Chilean host mosses and its
relationship with E. muscicola are discussed.

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Published

2012-06-05

How to Cite

SANDOVAL, P., HENRÍQUEZ, . J. L. ., FAÚNDEZ, . L. ., & LARRAÍN, . J. . (2012). First records of Eocronartium muscicola (Basidiomycota, Eocronartiaceae) in Chile on two new hosts. Gayana Botánica, 69(1), 100-104. Retrieved from https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/gayana_botanica/article/view/3964

Issue

Vol. 69 No. 1 (2012)

Section

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