Stigmina carpophila
. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Authors: UK, CAB International  , Kirk P. M. 
Published: July 2021

A description is provided for
Stigmina carpophila
. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: On leaves forming small purplish spots with a yellow centre, then turning brown and later developing into a shot-hole effect when the central portion drops out; on twigs as small black spots which later enlarge and become sunken. HOSTS:
Prunus amygdalus
[Prunus dulcis]
[almond],
P. armeniaca
[apricot],
P. avium
[sweet cherry],
P. cerasus
[sour cherry],
P. communis, P. domestica
[plum],
P. italica, P. laurocerasus
[cherry laurel],
P. persica
[peach]. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne conidia. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Algeria [4, 171], Angola [47, 3400], Azores [Beusaude, 6, 80], Egypt [26, 497], Ethiopia [IMI], Libya [IMI], Madagascar [30, 630], Morocco [Maire & Werner, 18, 550], South Africa [19, 418], Zimbabwe [Hopkins, 21, 213]. ASIA: Afghanistan [Gattani
et al.
, 42, 296], China (Hunan [Wang, 25, 525], N.W. [40, 543], Kinagsu-Szechwan [45, 2441]), Hong Kong [33, 411; IMI], India (IMI, [Butler & Bisby, 41, 18], Kashmir [47, 2759, 72, 3842]), Iran [38, 378], Iraq [47, 3062], Israel [15, 683], Japan [Shira & Hara, 7, 672], Lebanon [49, 982], Pakistan [IMI, 44, 2757; 52, 376], Syria [38, 383], Turkey [IMI, 27, 350; 34, 464], former USSR ['Armenia', 'Stalinsk', 'Tadzhikistan', 'Uzbekistan' (37, 292, 710; 5, 175; 6, 18; 20, 372), 'Kazakhstan' (45, 1728), 'Kinghizstan' (44, 1470), 'Soviet Far East' (46, 19), 'Turkmen' (Golovin,
Ashkabad Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk TSSR
1965; 50, 1113)]. AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA: Australia [NSW, Qd., S. Aust., Vict., W. Aust. (IMI, 27, 27; 42, 331; 25, 218; 22, 470; Carne, 5, 118), Tas. (3, 259)], New Zealand [Brien, 18, 726]. EUROPE: Austria [29, 403], Belgium [28, 51], Bulgaria [40, 543], Crete [50, 1144], Cyprus [IMI, Natrass, 17, 346], former Czechoslovakia [IMI], Denmark [27, 411], France [19, 104], Germany [IMI, 11, 186], Greece [5, 15], Hungary [18, 535], Ireland [Adamas & Pethybridge, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. B 28(4): 148 (1910), Italy [IMI, 26, 229], Netherlands [27, 244], Norway [Jørstad, 25, 184], Poland [4, 314], Portugal [D'Almeida, Contrib. Mycol. Port. : 47 (1903)], Rumania [20, 558; IMI], Spain [1, 354], Sweden [IMI, Rabenhorst-Winter,
Fl. europ. exsicc
. no. 2777 (1903)], Switzerland [27, 428], UK (IMI, [Moore, 39, 212], Channel Isles (Jersey [Philipps, 41, 2]), former USSR [Voronikhin, Mater. Mycol. fl. Sotchi Distr. : 58 (1914), Smarods, 10, 223, Brundza, 42, 308; 17, 837; 43, 1347], former Yugoslavia [31, 594]. NORTH AMERICA: Canada [IMI, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan (
Canad. Pl. Dis. Surv
. 1920-1964), Que (46, 3383)], Mexico [1, 375, 72, 6164], USA
[Agric. Handb. USDA
165, 1960 (40, 511), 40, 116, 71, 5682, 75, 1212)]. CENTRAL AMERICA & CARRIBEAN: Honduras [Muller
et al.
, 41, 128]. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Hauman-Merck,
An. Mus. Nac. Hist. nat. B. Aires
26: 202 (1914); 20, 9; Valiela, 24, 28; Marchionatto, 24, 280], Bolivia [37, 8], Brazil (Central-Southern [32, 616]), Chile [23, 254], Peru [31, 208], Uraguay [28, 224].