Fungi Australian Fungi Name Index (AFNI)

Showing Phyllosticta pelargonii
Phyllosticta pelargonii McAlpine , nom. inval., scientific
McAlpine, D. (1901), The "Shot-hole" fungi of stone-fruit trees in Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 230 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Text: " I have observed the cumulative effects of a fungus (Phyllosticta pelargonii, n.sp.) for some years on an Ivy-leaved Pelargonium. For several years the leaves had been spotting badly, and this season actual shot-hole was produced just as bad as in the Plum or Peach-leaves."
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - AFL [secondary reference]

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