I've been swimming way over my head here in alphabet soup for a while now, lol, but I swear each lap around finds a few more noodles sticking to my head, and for that I am so grateful (by now, I feel I should be sending tuition, for real).
I'm afraid the mix-up may be from my hopping out to go searching further on Botrytis and elliptica with Mr. Gee's help and we all know what can sometimes happen down that rabbit hole. I just tried but can't find my electronic noodle-trail to retrace why I thought elliptica was also obligate, so thanks for untangling that noodle for me. (...reminder to self ... "most closely related," and descended from, do not mean a direct one-to-one association for attributes, as daylily dips, trips, and tets like to show me when I dab). BTW kudos on getting cited twice there; you are leaving quite a legacy with all the diverse and ground-breaking work you do on behalf of daylilies!
Am relieved to keep deweyae streamlined as a fungus. I'm ready to re-structure the list of things daylily people want to know about most, and will post it below here (corrections and clarifications welcome...!). If you get the chance to peek at it, do you think would still be included as a possible contributor under Spring Sickness, or only as a pest associated with a spring sickness-like condition, or ... ? Any chance that there is info, too, on possible soil nutrient role in decreasing or increasing necrotrophic fungi's appearance?
Someday I will have enough room in my head again to try and find out more about daylily viruses, it sounds most intriguing, but I've never seen it explained beyond just it being mentioned that it occurs. Always something new, or a new layer or facet, though, to keep things interestings. Fascinating daylilies.
