New Zealand Fungarium - Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
Barcode:
PDD 11953
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
07 June 2001
Database record updated:
13 May 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Verticillium alboatrum Reinke & Berthold
Determiner:
Identification date:
2022-05 (Verbatim: May 2022)
Preferred name:
Verticillium alboatrum Reinke & Berthold
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Glomerellales
Family:
Plectosphaerellaceae
Determination uncertain:
yes
Vernacular name:
P.R. Johnston
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Sequencing of ICMP cultures showed that most historical identifications of V. alboatrum from New Zealand were incorrect. Isolates from most hosts were V. nonalfalfae. The same is likely true of the PDD dried specimens but this cannot be easily confirmed.