Brown leaf spot and foliage necrosis were observed on Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) in northeastern Perth, Western Australia in 2010. Based on disease symptoms, the morphological characteristics of the isolated fungus, a pathogenicity test and the sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, Phaeosphaeriopsis glaucopunctata was identified. This is the first report of P. glaucopunctata causing leaf spot and foliage necrosis on Ruscus aculeatus in Australia.
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