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STRONG evidence was produced1,2 in 1958 that facial eczema of sheep in New Zealand is caused by ingestion of spores of a fungus identified as Sporidesmium bakeri. Lately I carried out experimental work in New Zealand during January–March, 1959, which involved inter alia the isolation of Sporidesmium spores from pasture. On return to Australia a search made of pastures in southern Victoria disclosed the presence of a fungus which appeared superficially identical to the New Zealand Sporidesmium. A culture was forwarded to the Commonwealth Mycological Institute, who report that it is indeed Sporidesmium bakeri.
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JANES, B. Sporidesmium Bakeri Recorded from Victoria, Australia. Nature 184, 1327 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841327a0
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