title: Lewia avenicola sp. nov. and its Alternaria anamorph from oat grain, with a key to the species of Lewia.
abstract: Lewia avenicola sp. nov. (anamorph Alternaria sp.) is described. The fungus was isolated from oat grain in Norway. The fungus produced conidia within a month, and ascomata with fully mature ascospores within 8 months following inoculation, when stored on slants of synthetic nutrient agar (SNA) at 4 degrees C in darkness. A comparison with other known Lewia species is made, and a key to the five known Lewia species is included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest Pathology, Agricultural University, ul. Wojska Polskiego 71 c, 60-625 Poznań, Poland. kwasna@owl.au.poznan.pl
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwaśna
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kosiak
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D018554:Avena / Q000382:microbiology*; D009664:Norway; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology