Dothistroma needle blight

Diseases: Foliage Diseases
Dothideomycetes > Incertae sedis > Mycosphaerellaceae > Mycosphaerella pini Rostr.
Synonym(s): Dothistroma needle blight of pine; Dothistroma needle blight on spruce

37 records

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5369028 Asexual Spore

Spores of the anamorph fungus Dothistroma septosporum.

Paul Bachi
2251051 Fruiting Bodies Robert L. James
0176051 Fruiting Bodies Dothistroma (Mycosphaerella pini anamorph) acervulus (transverse section); note hyaline mass. H.C. Evans
0656022 Fruiting Bodies Mycosphaerella pini on Pinus maximinoi; note aggregated, strongly erumpent ascostromata with needle reddening. Compare with No. 0656021. H.C. Evans
1467391 Fruiting Bodies USDA Forest Service - Ogden Archive
0176049 Sign Dothistroma anamorph of Mycosphaerella pini; note prominent, aggregated acervuli and exposed conidiogenous tissues. H.C. Evans
1241611 Sign Distinctive red transverse bands in which the fungus forms fruiting bodies. Robert L. James
2111013 Sign close view at infected died needles; October 2000 Petr Kapitola
2111025 Sign close view at infected died needles; October 2000 Petr Kapitola
5220095 Sign Division of Plant Industry Archive
5220096 Sign Division of Plant Industry Archive
5335009 Symptoms Mary Ann Hansen
5369025 Symptoms

Infected needles show brown spots with dark border and/or dead tips with dark border between dead and healthy portion of the needle.

Paul Bachi
5369026 Symptoms

Needles show brown spots with dark border.

Paul Bachi
5369027 Symptoms

Close-up of dead needle tip with black, spore-producing bodies ("acervuli") breaking through needle surface.

Paul Bachi
2251048 Symptoms infected needles on ponderosa pine Robert L. James
2251049 Symptoms USDA Forest Service Archive
2251050 Symptoms close-up view of infected lodgepole pine USDA Forest Service Archive
5051054 Symptoms Joseph O'Brien
1371052 Symptoms 15 year old pine. Filakovo, Slovakia Andrej Kunca
1371053 Symptoms Infection moving from older to younger needles. Filakovo, Slovakia Andrej Kunca
1371054 Symptoms Severely infected last year needles. Filakovo, Slovakia Andrej Kunca
1415042 Symptoms May 30, 2002 Andrej Kunca
1415043 Symptoms May 30, 2002 Andrej Kunca
1415044 Symptoms May 30, 2002 Andrej Kunca
1415175 Symptoms May 16, 2003 Andrej Kunca
1415177 Symptoms June 9, 2003 Andrej Kunca
1415178 Symptoms June 9, 2003 Andrej Kunca
1467389 Symptoms USDA Forest Service - Ogden Archive
1467390 Symptoms USDA Forest Service - Ogden Archive
0176047 Symptoms showing infection of both young and old foliage. H.C. Evans
0364023 Symptoms infected needles on Austrian pine Robert L. Anderson
0656020 Symptoms Mycosphaerella pini (red band needle blight) on Pinus maximinoi; note general reddening of needles. H.C. Evans
1470122 Symptoms A. Steven Munson
2111012 Symptoms damage to Austrian pine; October 2000 Frantisek Soukup
1241609 Symptoms Mycosphaerella needle blight on a ponderosa pine sapling. Robert L. James
1241610 Symptoms A light infection. Susan K. Hagle


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