Lecanicillium fungicola var. fungicola - Pathogen of the month- November 2019
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Lecanicillium fungicola var. fungicola causes dry bubble disease in commercially cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. There are two subspecies: (a) L. fungicola var. fungicola, the usual variety reported in Europe and in Australia, whilst the second, L. fungicola var. aleophilum, is responsible for the severe outbreaks in North America. In 2019, a UK isolate of medium virulence L. fungicola strain 150-1 had its genome sequenced.Lecanicillium fungicola var. fungicola causes dry bubble disease in commercially cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. There are two subspecies: (a) L. fungicola var. fungicola, the usual variety reported in Europe and in Australia, whilst the second, L. fungicola var. aleophilum, is responsible for the severe outbreaks in North America. In 2019, a UK isolate of medium virulence L. fungicola strain 150-1 had its genome sequenced.
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2019-11-01Publisher
Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.Share