First report of Exobasidium camelliae associated with fruit galls on Camellia japonica in Korea

Abstract

A previously unknown Exobasidium disease was observed on the fruits of Camellia japonica in Korea. The associated fungus was identified as Exobasidium camelliae based on morphological characteristics and internal transcribed spacer and large-subunit rDNA sequence analyses. To our knowledge, this is the first report of E. camelliae on C. japonica in Korea.