Raffaelea
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| Genus: | Raffaelea Arx & Hennebert (1965)
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| Raffaelea ambrosiae Arx & Hennebert (1965)
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Raffaelea is a genus of ambrosia fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists and in 1965 with as the type species.[1] The genus is named in honor of Italian botanist Raffaele Ciferri.[1]
Laurel wilt is a disease of redbay (Persea borbonia) caused by Raffaelea lauricola. This fungus, harbored in the mycangium of the redbay ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus, is in the form of a budding yeast in the mycangium and a filamentous fungus in galleries of the beetle.[2] Several species also resident in the beetle were described as new to science in 2010: R. ellipticospora, R. fusca, R. subalba, and R. subfusca.[3]
Species[]
- Raffaelea ellipticospora
- Raffaelea fusca
- Raffaelea lauricola
- Raffaelea quercivora
- Raffaelea subalba
- Raffaelea subfusca
References[]
- ^ a b von Arx JA, Hennebert GL (1965). "Deux champignons ambrosia". Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata. 25 (3–4): 309–15.
- ^ Harrington TC, Fraedrich SW, Aghayeva DN (2008). "Raffaelea lauricola, a new ambrosia beetle symbiont and pathogen on the Lauraceae". Mycotaxon. 104: 399–404.
- ^ Harrington TC, Aghayeva DN, Fraedrich SW (2010). "New combinations in Raffaelea, and four new species from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus". Mycotaxon. 111: 337–61.
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