Kretzschmaria clavus. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Kretzschmaria clavus. Information is given on the decline and severe root decay caused by this organism on macadamia trees. Some information on its diagnostic features, biology and conservation status is given, along with details of its transmission, geographical distribution (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, Mexico, USA (Florida, Louisiana), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Para, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Sao Paulo), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Brunei, China (Hainan), India, Japan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, New Zealand, American Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, USA (Hawaii)) and hosts (Acer rubrum; Albizia sp.; Bactris cubensis (trunk); Beilschmiedia tarairi; Castilloa elastica [Castilla elastica] (wood); Cecropia peltata; Citrus sinensis (wood); Fabaceae gen. indet.; Freycinetia banksii; Gilbertiodendron dewevrei; Gleditsia sp.; Guarea guidonia (wood); Hibiscus tiliaceus; Inga fagifolia [I. laurina] (wood), I. inga, I. laurina, I. vera (wood); Klainedoxa gabonensis var. oblongifolia; Macadamia integrifolia (root decay, decline), M. ternifolia (root decay, decline), Macadamia sp.; Melochia indica; Olearia sp.; Peltophorum adnatum (wood); Phoebe porphyria; Piptadenia macrocarpa [Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil]; Plantae indet. (bark, branch, log, stem, trunk, wood); Psidium guajava; Quercus lamellosa (rotten wood); Rhopalostylis sapida (trunk); Roystonea sp. (dead wood); and Syragrus sp.).