Diaporthe toxica

Diaporthe toxica (anamorph Phomopsis sp.) is a plant endophyte and occasionally a plant pathogen. The fungus produces secondary metabolites that result in toxicosis of animals such as lupinosis of sheep. Mycotoxic lupinosis is a disease caused by lupin material that is infected with the fungus.[1] The fungus produces mycotoxins called phomopsins, which cause liver damage. Lupinosis has been incorrectly attributed to Diaporthe woodii but has now been shown to be a mycotoxicosis caused by the recently discovered (1994) teleomorphic fungus Diaporthe toxica.[2] The discovery and naming of this fungus concludes over a century of investigation into the cause of lupinosis since the first major outbreak in Germany in 1872. The infection process and life cycle in both resistant and susceptible lupins has been fully elucidated.[3] This is the first record of resistance in a latent infection.

Diaporthe toxica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Diaporthaceae
Genus:	Diaporthe
Species:	D. toxica
Binomial name
Diaporthe toxica P.M. Williamson, Highet, W. Gams & Sivasith., in Williamson, Highet, Gams, Sivasithamparam & Cowling, Mycol. Res. 98(12): 1367 (1994)