Fungi

Fungi are eukaryotic (membrane bound nucleus) organisms that develop from reproductive bodies called spores. They can cause a number of diseases in animals and plants. As a disease of plants and animals, fungi are a risk for Western Australian primary producers as they impact upon market access and agricultural production.

WA is free from some of the world's major fungal diseases. Biosecurity measures on your property are vital in preventing the spread of fungal diseases.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides:

  • biosecurity/quarantine measures at the WA border to prevent the entry of fungal diseases.
  • where relevant post border biosecurity measures.
  • advice on widespread fungal diseases present in the state.

For advice on fungal diseases search our website, the Western Australian Organism List or contact our Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS).

For diagnostic services, please contact our Diagnostic Laboratory Services.

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  • Grape leaf infected with Phomopsis viticola showing the characteristic yellow halos surrounding black spots

    Phomopsis viticola: prohibited disease

    6 June 2014

    Phomopsis cane and leaf spot is caused by the fungus Phomopsis viticola which is a prohibited organism in Western Australia.

  • Yellow sigatoka

    Banana diseases in the Ord River Irrigation Area

    26 February 2014

    The ORIA is free of major banana diseases found in the Northern Territory and Queensland, such as Panama disease and black sigatoka.

  • Banana freckle disease symptoms

    Banana freckle: biosecurity alert

    18 October 2013

    Banana freckle was detected in Dwarf Cavendish banana fruit in the Northern Territory in May 2022. The Northern Territory Government is responding to this new detection.

  • Plant with purple stems and dark green leaves covered with a bright yellow powder-like fungus.

    Myrtle rust: Biosecurity alert

    8 April 2014

    Myrtle rust is a serious disease that infects and kills many plants belonging to the Myrtaceae family including eucalypts, bottlebrushes, paperbarks and peppermint trees.

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    Blueberry rust

    12 November 2014

    Blueberry rust is a fungal disease that affects blueberries and some relatives in the Ericaceae plant family. The disease was detected in Western Australia in April 2022.

  • Symptoms of Gnomoniopsis on strawberry calyces

    Gnomoniopsis fruit rot and leaf blotch of strawberries

    7 January 2014

    Gnomoniopsis is a problem on some cultivars of strawberry, for example on the first flush of Festival early in the season. It can be carried over on planting material and early symptoms on leaves m

  • Grape leaf showing oil spots caused by downy mildew of grapes

    Bag test for downy mildew of grapes

    27 November 2013

    Downy mildew of grapevines can cause serious crop loss if weather conditions are favourable.

  • A bunch of grapes infected with botrytis cinerea, with some berries turning purple and others with grey fungal growth extruding from the berry

    Know your grapevine bunch rots

    21 November 2013

    Bunch rots of grapes are widespread in Western Australia and reduce yield and quality. Weather conditions and control strategies influence the severity of losses which can vary between vineyards.

  • Sclerotinia shoot rot infection of a grape vine showing as a pale brown lesion at the base of a shoot or a node

    Sclerotinia shoot rot of grapevines in Western Australia

    6 June 2014

    Sclerotinia shoot rot is caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

  • Grapevine showing multiple leaves infected with multiple downy mildew oilspots

    Downy mildew of grapevines

    14 January 2014

    Downy mildew, caused by Plasmopara viticola, is a major disease of grapevines that originates from North America.

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