- Diaporthe toxica
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Diaporthe toxica Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Sordariomycetes Subclass: Sordariomycetidae Order: Diaporthales Family: Diaporthaceae Genus: Diaporthe Species: D. toxica Binomial name Diaporthe toxica
P.M. Williamson, Highet, W. Gams & Sivasith., in Williamson, Highet, Gams, Sivasithamparam & Cowling, Mycol. Res. 98(12): 1367 (1994)Diaporthe toxica (Williamson) is a plant endophyte and occasionally a plant pathogen [1]. D. toxica produces secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as lupinosis of sheep. Mycotoxic lupinosis is a disease caused by lupin material that is infected with the fungus [2]. The fungus produces mycotoxins called phomopsins, which cause liver damage. Lupinosis has been incorrectly attributed to Diaporthe woodii but has now been shown to be a mycotoxicosis caused by the recently discovered teleomorphic fungus Diaporthe toxica [3]. The discovery and naming of this new fungus concludes over a century of investigation into the cause of lupinosis since the first outbreak in Germany in 1872.
External links
- Diaporthe toxica sp. nov., the cause of lupinosis in sheep
- Formation of Subcuticular Coralloid Hyphae by Phomopsis Leptostromiformis
- Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database
- Australian Veterinary History Record
References
- ^ Williamson et al. (1991) Formation of subcuticular coralloid hyphae by Phomopsis leptostromiformis. Plant Disease 75:1023-1026
- ^ Allen (2009) Australian Veterinary History Record
- ^ Williamson et al. (1994) Diaporthe toxica sp. nov., The cause of lupinosis in sheep. Mycological Research, 98 (12): 1367
Categories:- Plant pathogens and diseases
- Diaporthe
- Sordariomycetes stubs
- Plant disease stubs
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