Waitea zeae

Waitea zeae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Corticiales
Family:	Corticiaceae
Genus:	Waitea
Species:	W. zeae
Binomial name
	Waitea zeae; (Voorhees) J.A. Crouch & Cubeta (2021)
Synonyms
	Rhizoctonia zeae Voorhees (1934) Moniliopsis zeae (Voorhees) R.T. Moore (1987)

Waitea zeae is a species of fungus in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid, thin, effused, and web-like, but the fungus is more frequently encountered in its similar but sterile anamorphic state. Waitea zeae is best known as a plant pathogen, causing commercially significant damage to cereals, grasses, and a wide range of other plants.

Taxonomy

Rhizoctonia zeae was originally described from Florida in 1934. It was later considered to be the anamorph (asexual state) of Waitea circinata. Molecular research has, however, shown that Waitea circinata is part of a complex of at least four genetically distinct taxa, each causing visibly different diseases.^[1] These taxa were initially treated (invalidly) as varieties of W. circinata, but have now been described as separate species.^[2]

References

^ Toda T, Mushika T, Hayakawa T, Tanaka A, Tani T, Hayakumachi M (2005). "Brown Ring Patch: A new disease on bentgrass caused by Waitea circinata var. circinata". Plant Disease. 89 (6): 536–542. doi:10.1094/PD-89-0536. PMID 30795375. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PD-89-0536
^ Stalpers, J.A.; Redhead, S.A.; May, T.W.; et al. (2021). "Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use". IMA Fungus. 12 (22): 3. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00061-3. PMC 8359032. PMID 34380577.

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[Toda2005-1] Toda T, Mushika T, Hayakawa T, Tanaka A, Tani T, Hayakumachi M (2005). "Brown Ring Patch: A new disease on bentgrass caused by Waitea circinata var. circinata". Plant Disease. 89 (6): 536–542. doi:10.1094/PD-89-0536. PMID 30795375. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PD-89-0536

[Stalpers2021-2] Stalpers, J.A.; Redhead, S.A.; May, T.W.; et al. (2021). "Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use". IMA Fungus. 12 (22): 3. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00061-3. PMC 8359032. PMID 34380577.

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