Interesting collections of phytopathogenic fungi

recently issued “A preliminary checklist of micromycetes in Poland” (Mułenko et al. 2008) contains information about 5969 fungal species reported from this country. It is a big amount, but on the map of Poland there are still regions which can be called “white spots” – with no information about phytopathogenic fungi, especially about anamorphic fungi. the present paper provides new data about 13 species collected recently in Poland. two of them are new for Poland, one is found on a new host plant and others were noted only on a few localities till now. they were collected in various regions of Poland, but most of the stands are situated in the south part.


IntroDUctIon
recently issued "A preliminary checklist of micromycetes in Poland" (Mułenko et al. 2008) contains information about 5969 fungal species reported from this country.It is a big amount, but on the map of Poland there are still regions which can be called "white spots" -with no information about phytopathogenic fungi, especially about anamorphic fungi.the present paper provides new data about 13 species collected recently in Poland.two of them are new for Poland, one is found on a new host plant and others were noted only on a few localities till now.they were collected in various regions of Poland, but most of the stands are situated in the south part.

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the collected specimens were air dried and examined by means of standard light microscopy.slide preparations were stained with cotton blue in lactic acid and warmed.the publications of Braun (1998), crous and Braun (2003), Mel'nik (2000), sałata (1974, 1979, 2002) and teterevnikova-Babajan (1987) were used for identification.the species new for Poland are briefly described, illustrated and discussed.the remaining species are enumerated with full details of new collection(s) and information on their previous findings in Poland.the nomenclature of host plants follow Mirek et al. (2002) and the names of physico-geographical regions of Poland follow kondracki (1998).All the collected specimens are deposited in the herbarium of the Botany and Mycology Department of Maria curie-skłodowska University in Lublin (LBL) and W. szafer Institute of Botany of Polish Academy of sciences in kraków (krAM).Leaf spots small, circular, 4-6 mm in diameter, yellow-brownish with darker margin; pycnidia inconspicuous, immersed in the leaf tissue, with brown-yellowish wall, 100-140 μm in diameter; conidia cylindrical, rounded at both ends, 2-celled, slightly constricted at the septum, 12-14 × 3.5-4.0μm (fig.1f).
general distribution of this species includes europe and north America, but on Leucojum it was noted only in the Ukraine (Braun 1998)  remarkS.this species has been hitherto reported from Poland only few times.On Trifolium repens it was known from Pojezierze łęczyńsko-Włodawskie lakeland (Mułenko 1988) and rogoźnica village (Danilkiewicz 1987) remarkS.this species has been previously known only from one locality in the Bieszczady Mts (sałata 1979).remarkS.Ramularia crassiuscula has been recently reported from the tatra national Park on Delphinium oxysepalum growing on ciemniak Mt. (Mułenko, Wołczańska 2004).the present locality is also in the czerwone Wierchy massif in the tatra national Park, but within the distance about 1 km from the previously published station.
remarkS.this species has been so far reported from Poland only twice.schroeter (1908) found it on Falcaria vulgaris in Dzierżysław town near głubczyce town, and Wołczańska (2005) detected the species on Pimpinella saxifraga L. in Lipowica village near Dukla town.
remarkS. the only previous report of Septoria polemonii from Poland derives from one hundred years ago: Diedicke (1915) found this species in kostrzyn town in october 1904.
remarkS.this is the second record of Septoria villarsiae in Poland.It was previously reported by Moesz (1926) from zagożdżon reserve and this locality is now probably situated in the kozienicki Landscape Park.