Aciculosporium is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae. Species of this genus cause witches' broom of bamboo in East Asia. Aciculosporium take grows intercellularly in witches' broom shoots, including shoot apical meristems.Eiji Tanaka. Specific in situ visualization of the pathogenic endophytic fungus Aciculosporium take, the cause of witches’ broom in bamboo Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 July; 75(14): 4829–4834 The stroma are produced around the apex of the host shoots.
Species The index fungorum currently (2021) lists:Species fungorum search Aciculosporium (retrieved 10 June 2021)
Aciculosporium monostipum (J.F. White, Bills, S.C. Alderman & Spatafora) M. Kolařík & Píchová (2018) Aciculosporium oplismeni E. Tanaka (2021) Aciculosporium phalaridis (J. Walker) M. Kolařík & Píchová (2018) Aciculosporium sasicola Oguchi (2001) Aciculosporium take I. Miyake (1908)
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