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Claviceps citrina sp. nov., a parasite of the halophytic grass Distichlis spicata from Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1998

SYLVIE PAŽOUTOVÁ ,
LEOPOLD FUČÍKOVSKÝ ,
S. G. LEYVA-MIR  and
MIROSLAV FLIEGER
SYLVIE PAŽOUTOVÁ
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology CAS, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
LEOPOLD FUČÍKOVSKÝ
Affiliation:
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Collegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Texcoco, 56230 México
S. G. LEYVA-MIR
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitología Agrícola, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, 56230 México
MIROSLAV FLIEGER
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology CAS, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Abstract

The occurrence of an undescribed ergot species, Claviceps citrina, on the halophytic chloridoid grass Distichlis spicata, in the Texcoco region of central Mexico, is reported. RAPD and ITS1 sequences of this fungus were compared with other Claviceps species and the morphological uniqueness of the fungus was reinforced. Its sclerotia do not contain any alkaloids of the ergoline type. Germination of sclerotia occurred immediately after placing them on humid sand. After removal of the capitula, the remaining stipe was able to regenerate the capitulum.

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Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 102 , Issue 7 , July 1998 , pp. 850 - 854
Copyright
The British Mycological Society 1998

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