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Mangrove Fungi - World Records

 
Genus Halophytophthora
Species vesicula
Substrate leaves
seedlings
Habitat intertidal
Country Japan
Florida
Georgia
Singapore
Hong Kong
Bahamas
Columbia
Costa Rica
Haiti
Curacao
Grand Cayman
Jamaica
Trinidad
Malaysia
Vietnam
Syechelles
Hawaii
Venezuela
Queensland Australia
Bonaire
Gonave
Host Species Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
Rhizophora stylosa
Rhizophora mangle leaves, seadlings
Rhizophora mucronata
Sonneratia alba
Avicennia germinans
Conocarpus erectus
Lanuncularia racemosa
Kandelia candel
Rhizophora apiculata
disease of Avicennia marina
Acanthus ilicifolius
References Fell, Jack W. and Master, I. M. 1973. Fungi associated with the degredation of mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) leaves in south Florida. in Estuarine Microbial Ecology, Stevenson, L. Harold and Colwell, R. R. eds :455-465.

Fell, Jack W. and Master, I. M. 1975. Phycomycetes (Phytophthora spp. nov. and Pythium sp. nov.) associated with degrading mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) leaves. Canadian Journal of Botany 53:2908-2922.

Fell, Jack W. et al. 1975. Microbial activities in the mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) leaf detrital system. in Proceedings of the international symposium on biology and management of mangroves. Walsh et al. eds 2:661-679.

Newell, Steven Y. 1976. Mangrove fungi: The succession in the mycoflora of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) seedlings.. Recent advances in aquatic mycology, E. B. Gareth Jones, ed. :51-91.

Newell, Steven Y. and Fell, Jack W. 1980. Mycoflora of turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum Konig) as recorded after seawater incubation. Botanica Marina 23:265-275.

Pegg, K. G., Gillespie, N. C. and Forsberg, L. I. 1980. Phytophtora sp. associated with mangrove death in central costal Queensland. Australian Plant Pathology 9:6-7.

Newell, S. Y. et al. 1981. Acute impact of an organophosphorus insecticide on microbes and small invertebrates of a mangrove estuary. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 10:427-435.

Newell, S., Miller, J., and Fell, J. 1987. Rapid and pervasive occupation of fallen mangrove leaves by a marine zoosporic fungus. Applied and environmental microbiology 53(10):2464-2469.

Newell S. Y. 1992. ?Autumn distribution of marine Pythiaceae across a mangrove - saltmarsh boudary. Canadian Journal of Botany 70:1912-1916.

Newell S.Y and Fell J. W. 1994. Do halophytophtoras (marine Pythiaceae) rapidly occupy fallen leaves by intraleaf mycelial growth?. Canadian Journal of Botany 73:761-765.

Tan TK and Pec CL. 1997. Tropical mangrove leaf litter fungi in Singapore with an empahsis on Halophytophthora. Mycological Research 101(2):165-168.

Leano EM, Vrijmoed LLP and Jones EBG. 1998. Physiological studies on Halophytophthora vesicula (straminipilous fungi) isolated from fallen mangrove leaves from Mai Po, Hong Kong. Botanica Marina 41:441-419.

Leano EM, Jones EBG, and Vrijmoed LLP. 2000. Why are Halophytophthora speices well adapted to mangrove habitats?. Fungal Diversity 5:131-151.

Nakagiri A. 2000. Ecology and biodiversity of Halophytophthora species. Fungal Diversity 5:153-164.


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