Abstract

Descriptive notes and an account of future potentiality of damage on the host are given for two black mildew fungi, Phaeocryptopus nudus and Dimeriella balsamicola on needles of Abies kawakamii (HAY.) Ito in Taiwan. Both fungi are reported for the first time in this Island. Additional hosts for P. nudus are Abies kawakamii from Taiwan and A. firma from Japan, and a new host for D. balsamicola is A. kawakamii.