A. Eicker’s research while affiliated with University of Pretoria and other places

... The grouping of K. ivorensis suggests even wider phenotypic plasticity of the Cryptophiale clade than has been described. Conicomyces [118], on the other hand, is morphologically well distinguishable from Zanclospora. The genus was introduced for synnematous, pigmented hyphomycetes with integrated phialides and septate, setulate conidia. ...

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Phylogeny, Global Biogeography and Pleomorphism of Zanclospora

... Small to medium-sized basidiomata, squamulose pileus surface, pileipellis made up of mainly hymeniform cells at centre, becoming sub-hymeniform, epitheloid to trichoid towards the margin. Basidiospores usually smooth, ellipsoid, brownish tinged, and the absence of pleurocystidia and clamp connections are the defining features of the genus Hymenagaricus (Heinemann & Little Flower, 1984;Little Flower et al., 1997;Reid & Eicker, 1995), whereas the genus Xanthagaricus is characterised by its small to rarely medium-sized basidiomata, squamulose pileus surface, pileipellis composed of subhymeniform or globose to subglobose cells, yellowish brown or bluish tinged, smooth or mostly ornamented basidiospores, and the absence of pleurocystidia and clamp connections (Heinemann & Little flower, 1984;Hosen et al., 2017;Little Flower et al., 1997). ...

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New species of Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus (Agaricaceae), from Maharashtra, India

... The phytopathogenic component of these species, and species discovered since then, were summarized by Crous et al. (2000). Van der Westhuizen and Eicker (1988) listed the various fungi known at that stage in the Pretoria area (Gauteng Province), while Gorter and Eicker (1988) provided Afrikaans names for a list of fungi. Vellinga et al. (2009) and Wood (2017) listed a number of fungi, including macrofungi that they considered to be introduced into South Africa. ...

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A first checklist of macrofungi for South Africa

... Among the 57 mitotically stable transformants, we selected three transformants that were pathogenically similar to R-2047 (CT-67, CT-80, CT-101), reduced (CT-51, CT-92, , and impaired (CT-154, CT-211, CT-225). Morpho-cultural characteristics of selected transformants along with R-2047 were recorded as described elsewhere [33]. Among the cultural characters, we studied the nature of colony edges, zonation, and texture of mycelium. ...

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Pathogenically altered Colletotrichum lindemuthianum transformants help in understanding the biochemical defense and colonization dynamics in Phaseolus vulgaris

... Syst. 28 (3) (Vasyagina et al., 1961;Akhundov, 1979;Gaponenko et al., 1983;Amano, 1986;Chen et al., 1987;Gorter, Eicker, 1987;Bunkina, 1991;Simonyan, 1994;Shin, 2000;Kurt, Soylu, 2001;Babu et al., 2002;Khodaparast et al., 2005;Pirnia et al., 2006Pirnia et al., , 2007Takamatsu et al., 2008;Sharma et al., 2011;Braun, Cook, 2012;Meeboon et al., 2018;Farr, Rossman, 2021). Додамо, що в загальносвітовому списку борошнисторосяних грибів, складеному К. Амано (Amano, 1986), P. moricola на M. alba вказується для Німеччини, європейської частини колишнього СРСР та України. ...

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First record of Phyllactinia moricola (Erysiphales, Ascomycota) on Morus alba in Europe

... [116] 0.36 [116] 0 [116] 0.68 [116] 0.06 [116] 3.89 [116] 0.41 [116] Hericium erinaceus 0.04-0.36 [117] 0.56 & 1.04 [117] Lentinula edodes 0.6 [118] 1.8 [118] 0.00561 [106] 12-99 [106] 25 [118] 0.001 [118] Marasmius oreades 1.2-6.6 [106] No data [119] Morchella esculenta 0.00012 [107] 13 [119] Pleurotus ostreatus 0.9 [118] 2.5 [118] 0.0006 [118] 34-109 [106] 20 [118] 0.0003 [118] [129] 0.72 [129] 26 [129] Grifola frondosa 0.3 [128] Hericium erinaceus 11.200 [128] 3.410 [128] 75.810 [128] Not detected [128] 1.101 [128] Lentinula edodes 6.9 [128] 6.710 [128] 102.01 [128] Not detected [128] 1.101 [128] Marasmius oreades 30.5 [126] 6.12 [113] 9.549 [130] 0.15 [125] 0.923 [126] Morchella esculenta 19.5 [126] 9.89 [126] 181 [126] 6.26 [126] Pleurotus ostreatus 10.20 [128] 4.600 [128] 125.4 ± 0.001 [128] Not detected [128] 1.420 [128] Research showed that the nutrient compositions of different mushroom species vary by slight differences. Protein content ranges from the lowest of 13.8 mg/100 gm (Grifola frondosa) to a maximum of 38.5 mg/100 gm (Marasmius oreades). ...

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Nutritional Composition and Biological Properties of Sixteen Edible Mushroom Species

... They cause more harm in their larvae stage as they bore holes in the mushrooms as maggots. These larvae cause mold and damping on the mushroom [11]. The findings on the pest and diseases affecting mushroom farms in Awka showed that damping, mold and rot affects mushrooms cultivated by the respondents in Eke Awka, Amansea and Umuawulu. ...

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Evaluation of pest and diseases affecting cultivated mushroom in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria Corresponding author

... Importantly, the heath bog vegetation type had low OTU relative abundance and richness despite including wetland vegetation types. Freshwater Tetracladium are typical of flowing water [66,67], and static, low oxygenated, high polyphenol environments with standing water do not support high abundance or diversity of Tetracladium OTUs, despite their high organic matter contents. Similarly, low Tetracladium abundance and diversity were found in upland wooded and moorland grass mosaic vegetation types, which represent further high organic matter vegetation types. ...

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Regional scale diversity and distribution of soil inhabiting Tetracladium

... Curvularia species have previously been reported from the Namib Desert. Eicker et al. (1982) surveyed rhizosphere soils associated with fairy circles in the Giribes Plain and reported isolating Curvularia, but they did not identify the species. Crous et al. (2020) described Curvularia moringae from Moringa ovalifolia (Moringaceae) collected from Namibia. ...

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Five novel Curvularia species (Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales) isolated from fairy circles in the Namib desert

... and introduced the invalid name Erysiphe polyphaga for this fungus. Blumer (1952), Schmitt (1955), Stone (1962), and Gorter and Eicker (1984) published results of additional inoculation tests that supported Hammarlund's (1945) observations. Hammett (1977) maintained E. cichoracearum s. lat. ...

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Phylogeny and taxonomy of Golovinomyces orontii revisited