Xenopyricularia zizaniicola

Xenopyricularia zizaniicola (Hashioka) Klaubauf, M.-H. Lebrun & Crous, Stud. Mycol. 79: 116 (2014).
MycoBank: MB810224.
        ≡ Pyricularia zizaniicola Hashioka [as ‘zizaniaecola‘], Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 14(3): 264 (1973).

Asexual state pyricularia-like. On natural substrate, hyphae branched, septate, hyaline, smooth. Conidiophores solitary or gregarious, erect, curved, unbranched, subcylindrical, medium brown, 90–150(–220) × 4.5–5.2 µm. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal to intercalary, light brown, with several protruding denticles. Conidia solitary, ovate, 2-septate, light brown, 24–33 × 10.5–15.5 µm, with a truncate basal hilum. Appressoria subglobose, 12.1–10.5 µm. Sexual state unknown (Description from Hashioka, 1973).

Typification: Neotype CBSH-21846. Ex-neotype culture CBS133593.

Gene sequences: KM484947 (ITS), KM485042 (28S), KM485230 (ACT), AB274479 (CAL), KM485161 (RPB1), AB274463 (TUB).

Genome sequences: SRX798640 (transcriptome).

Hosts/substrates: On Zizania latifolia (Poaceae).

Distribution: Japan.

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