Fusicoccum ramosum
| Fusicoccum ramosum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Botryosphaeriales |
| Family: | Botryosphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Fusicoccum |
| Species: | F. ramosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusicoccum ramosum Pavlic et al., 2008 | |
Fusicoccum ramosum is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).[1]
References
- ↑ Pavlic, D.; Wingfield, M. J.; Barber, P.; Slippers, B.; Hardy, G. E. St. J.; Burgess, T. I. (2008). "Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia". Mycologia 100 (6): 851–866. doi:10.3852/08-020. ISSN 0027-5514.
Further Reading
- Sakalidis, Monique L., Giles E. StJ Hardy, and Treena I. Burgess. "Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae." Fungal Ecology 4.1 (2011): 1-14.
- Slippers, B., et al. "A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments." Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 71.2 (2009): 101-110.
- Abdollahzadeh, Jafar, Rasoul Zare, and Alan JL Phillips. "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Botryosphaeria and Neofusicoccum species in Iran, with description of Botryosphaeria scharifii sp. Nov." Mycologia 105.1 (2013): 210-220.
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