Septoria lamiicola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Septoria lamiicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Leaf spot. HOSTS: Glechoma hederacea, Lamium album, L. amplexicaule, L. barbatum, L. bifidum, L. garganicum, L. hybridum, L. maculatum, L. orvala, L. petiolorum, L. purpureum, Leonurus cardiaca, L. macranthus (Lamiaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: NORTH AMERICA: USA. ASIA: Armenia, China, Republic of Georgia [www.cybertruffle.org.uk/gruzmaps/index.htm], Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Russia (West Siberia, Far East), Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia. EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia. TRANSMISSION: From infected debris and by airborne or aerosol dispersion of conidia. The fungus hibernates on living leaves and in early spring starts to develop with the host-plant and to infect other plants. Some leaves infected by Septoria lamiicola survive during winter under the snow (BREZHNEV, 1955, 1962).