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Chondrostereum purpureum is a fungal plant pathogen which causes Silver leaf disease of trees. It attacks most species of the rose family Rosaceae, particularly the genus Prunus. The disease is progressive and often fatal. The common name is taken from the progressive silvering of leaves on affected branches.
Over 77 °F (25 °C), the growth rate of the fungus decreases significantly, and it ceases at 85 °F (29 °C). 8 Turf grass that is poor in nutrition and are slow growing are areas that are more susceptible to red thread disease. 2 The fungus grows from the thread like red webbing structures called sclerotia. 1 The sclerotia can survive in leaf ...
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The fungus attacks the host crown and stem tissues at the soil line by producing a number of compounds such as oxalic acid, in addition to enzymes that are pectinolytic and cellulolytic. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] These compounds effectively kill plant tissue and allow the fungus to enter other areas of the plant. [ 9 ]
When fitness of plant and fungus become tightly intertwined, it is in the best interest of the endophyte to act in a manner beneficial to the plant, pushing it further toward the mutualism end of the continuum. Such effects of seed defense can also occur in dense stands of conspecifics through horizontal transmission of beneficial fungi. [84]