Helicobasidium purpureum

TaxID: 5574

Basic Information

Helicobasidium purpureum

Violet Root Rot, violet root rot

Helicobasidium purpureum is a species of fungus in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid (patch-forming) and are typically violet to purple. Microscopically they have auricularioid (laterally septate) basidia. Helicobasidium purpureum is an opportunistic plant pathogen and is one of the causes of violet root rot of crops and other plants. DNA sequencing suggests that it is a complex of more than one species. The species has a conidia-bearing anamorph in the Tuberculina persicina complex that is a parasite of rust fungi.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Pucciniomycetes

Helicobasidiales

Helicobasidiaceae

Helicobasidium

purpureum

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Photos (5 photos)

Helicobasidium purpureum
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(c) Schmidt Dávid@BY-NC
Helicobasidium purpureum
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(c) Schmidt Dávid@BY-NC
Helicobasidium purpureum
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(c) Aleš Jirsa@BY-NC
Helicobasidium purpureum
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(c) onehunterman@BY-NC
Helicobasidium purpureum
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(c) Schmidt Dávid@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Burundi Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Indonesia Absent —
Mexico Quarantine pests —
Sudan Quarantine pests —

Distribution (40 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bermuda Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cuba Present —
Germany Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (2 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBSO13118-14 - ITS 553 Japan - 36.767387, 137.46935
GBSO13117-14 - ITS 553 Japan - 36.767387, 137.46935

Literature