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Raffaelea
Raffaelea is a genus of ambrosia fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with Raffaelea ambrosiae as the type species.[1] The genus is named in honor of Italian botanist Raffaele Ciferri.[1]
| Raffaelea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Ophiostomatales |
| Family: | Ophiostomataceae |
| Genus: | Raffaelea Arx & Hennebert (1965) |
| Type species | |
| Raffaelea ambrosiae Arx & Hennebert (1965) | |
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 albimanens
- Raffaelea ambrosiae
- Raffaelea arxii
- Raffaelea barbata
- Raffaelea canadensis
- Raffaelea ellipticospora
- Raffaelea fusca
- Raffaelea hennebertii
- Raffaelea lauricola
- Raffaelea montetyi
- Raffaelea quercivora
- Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae
- Raffaelea santoroi
- Raffaelea scolytodis
- Raffaelea subalba
- Raffaelea subfusca
- Raffaelea sulcati
- Raffaelea tritirachium
- Raffaelea variabilis
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.
External links
- Raffaelea in Index Fungorum