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Fig. 10. Boeremia exigua var. pseudolilacis (CBS 101207). A–C. Fourteen-day-old colonies on OA (A), MEA (B) and CHA (C). D. Pycnidia. E. section <strong>of</strong> young pycnidium. F.<br />

Conidia. Scale bars: D = 100 μm; E = 20 μm; F = 5 μm.<br />

2002, Aveskamp et al. 2009b) <strong>the</strong> present taxon clusters with<strong>in</strong><br />

Ph. exigua, and is <strong>the</strong>refore recomb<strong>in</strong>ed as B. exigua var. lilacis.<br />

Fur<strong>the</strong>r analysis <strong>of</strong> this complex is, however, advocated.<br />

Boeremia exigua var. l<strong>in</strong>icola (Naumov & Vassiljevsky)<br />

Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley, comb. nov. MycoBank<br />

MB515629.<br />

Basionym: Ascochyta l<strong>in</strong>icola Naumov & Vassiljevsky, Mater. Micol.<br />

Fitopatol. 5: 3. 1926.<br />

Specimens exam<strong>in</strong>ed: The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, Zierikzee, from L<strong>in</strong>um usitatissimum,<br />

1928, H.A. Diddens, CBS 114.28; Flevoland, from a stem <strong>of</strong> L<strong>in</strong>um usitatissimum,<br />

1976, G.H. Boerema, CBS 116.76 = ATCC 32332 = CECT 20022 = CECT 20023 =<br />

IMI 197074 = PD 75/544.<br />

Boeremia exigua var. populi (Gruyter & P. Scheer)<br />

Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley, comb. nov. MycoBank<br />

MB515630<br />

Basionym: Phoma exigua var. populi Gruyter & P. Scheer, J.<br />

Phytopathol. 146(8–9): 413. 1998.<br />

Specimens exam<strong>in</strong>ed: The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, Deil, from a twig <strong>of</strong> Populus X<br />

euramericana cv. Robusta, Feb. 1993, A.J.P. Oort, holotype L 995.263.325, exholotype<br />

culture CBS 100167 = PD 93/217; Rotterdam, from Salix sp., 1982, J. de<br />

Gruyter, CBS 101202 = PD 82/942.<br />

Boeremia exigua var. pseudolilacis Aveskamp, Gruyter &<br />

Verkley, var. nov. MycoBank MB515631. Fig. 10.<br />

Varietas haec <strong>in</strong> cultura habitu Phomae exiguae var. exiguae et var. gilvescentis<br />

similis, sed matrix conidiorum roseo-bubal<strong>in</strong>a et citius crescens.<br />

Etymology: Refers to <strong>the</strong> former placement <strong>in</strong> and close<br />

resemblance to Ph. exigua var. lilacis.<br />

Colonies on OA 70–75 mm diam after 7 d, marg<strong>in</strong> regular.<br />

Immersed mycelium black to greenish olivaceous, sparsely visible<br />

due to coverage by a mat <strong>of</strong> mouse-grey woolly to compact aerial<br />

mycelium; reverse mouse-grey to olivaceous. Colonies on MEA<br />

70–75 mm diam. after 7 d, marg<strong>in</strong> regular. Immersed mycelium<br />

completely covered by a compact aerial mat, which is smoke-grey<br />

with some mouse-grey to white zones; reverse black. Colonies on<br />

CHA slower grow<strong>in</strong>g, 70–80 mm diam after 7 d, marg<strong>in</strong> regular,<br />

appearance similar as on MEA. Application <strong>of</strong> NaOH did not have<br />

any effect. Pycnidial and conidial shapes and sizes fit with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> B.<br />

exigua species concept. Conidial matrix rosy-buff.<br />

Specimen exam<strong>in</strong>ed: The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, near Boskoop, from Syr<strong>in</strong>ga vulgaris,<br />

1994, J. de Gruyter, holotype CBS H-20371, culture ex-holotype CBS 101207 =<br />

PD 94/614.<br />

Notes: This novel variety <strong>of</strong> B. exigua, dist<strong>in</strong>guished from o<strong>the</strong>r B.<br />

exigua varieties on basis <strong>of</strong> DAF analysis (Aveskamp et al. 2009b)<br />

and AFLP (Abeln et al. 2002), is closely related to B. exigua var.<br />

exigua and B. exigua var. gilvescens. Upon collection, <strong>the</strong> stra<strong>in</strong><br />

represent<strong>in</strong>g B. exigua var. pseudolilacis has probably erroneously<br />

been identified as var. lilacis due to its host association.<br />

Boeremia exigua var. viburni (Roum. ex. Sacc.) Aveskamp,<br />

Gruyter & Verkley, comb. nov. MycoBank MB515633.<br />

Basionym: Ascochyta viburni Roum. ex Sacc., Syll. Fung. 3: 387. 1884.<br />

≡ Phoma exigua var. viburni (Roum. ex. Sacc.) Boerema apud De Gruyter<br />

& P. Scheer, J. Phytopathol. 146: 414. 1998.<br />

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