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Article: Fusicladium levieri, a fungal parasite of persimmon, found in Indiana.
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- Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
- Article date:
- December 30, 2003
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ABSTRACT. The parasitic microfungus Fusicladium levieri Magnus (anamorphic Ascomycota) was found for the first time in Indiana on Diospyros virginiana L. (American Persimmon). The species has been insufficiently described so far. Therefore, disease symptoms and morphological features are described in detail.
Keywords: Persimmon, Fusicladium levieri, fungus, Indiana
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Diospyros virginiana L. (American Persimmon; Ebenaceae) is a small- to medium-sized North American tree native to eastern USA and distributed from Connecticut to Iowa and southward from Florida to Texas (e.g., Brockman 1986). In Indiana it grows wild over much of the ...