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Relationship between Prosthemium betulinum and Pleomassaria siparia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

JARKKO HANTULA
Affiliation:
Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FIN-01301, Vantaa, Finland
ANNA-MAIJA HALLAKSELA
Affiliation:
Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FIN-01301, Vantaa, Finland
TIMO KURKELA
Affiliation:
Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FIN-01301, Vantaa, Finland
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Abstract

Prosthemium betulinum and Pleomassaria siparia are found in the same sites on birch branches. Single spore cultures of P. siparia produced conidia similar to those of P. betulinum. Restriction analysis of 18S rDNA did not differentiate between P. betulinum and P. siparia. Random amplified microsatellite fingerprints showed a high amount of variation, which was not explained by the origin of cultures. We conclude that P. betulinum is the anamorphic state of P. siparia.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 1998

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