Studies on the Japanese species belonging to the genus Phyllosticta (1)

Abstract

As the first report of monographic studies of the genus Phyllosticta in Japan, four new species, Phyllosticta disanthi on Disanthus cercidifolius, P. hoveniicola on Hovenia dulcis, P. ligustricola on Ligustrum obtusifolium, and Phyllosticta alliacea on Allium fistulosum, are described and illustrated. A new teleomorphic state of P. alliorum, Guignardia alliacea, is confirmed.