Ramularia menthicola

Ramularia menthicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Ramularia
Species:	R. menthicola
Binomial name
Ramularia menthicola Sacc. (1886)
Synonyms[1]
Ramularia menthae Sacc. (1881)

Ramularia menthicola is a species of fungus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae.[2] It is a plant pathogen that infects mint. It was formally described as a new species by the Italian mycologist Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1886.[3] In his 1998 monograph on phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, Uwe Braun suggests that Ramularia menthae should be considered a synonym to Ramularia lamii,[4] but the name remains in use in the scientific literature, and is accepted as a valid species by Index Fungorum.[1]

Some locations from which the fungus has been recorded include Malta,[5] the Nantes region of France,[6] and the Yüksekova basin in Turkey growing on Mentha longifolia.[7]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Ramularia menthicola Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 4: 213 (1886)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
2. "Ramularia menthicola Sacc". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
3. Saccardo, P.A. (1886). Sylloge Hyphomycetum. Sylloge Fungorum (in Latin). Vol. 4. p. 213.
4. Braun, Uwe (1998). A Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera (Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes). Vol. 2. IHW-Verlag. p. 183. ISBN 3-930167-30-1.
5. Sammut, Carmel (2021). "Further additions to the Mycobiota of Malta". Ecologia Mediterranea (in French). 47 (2): 85–135. doi:10.3406/ecmed.2021.2132. S2CID 252516778.
6. Chevassut, G. (1987). "Récoltes de micromycètes parasites des plantes spontanées dans la région de Nantes" [Parasitic microfungi recorded on spontaneously growing plants in the Nantes region]. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 103: 309–313.
7. Sirri, Mesut; öZaslan, Cumali (2023). "Microfungi species observed on various weed species in the Yüksekova Basin, Türkiye". Bitki Koruma Bülteni. 63 (2): 31–40. doi:10.16955/bitkorb.1251724.