Mycosphaerella pini

Mycosphaerella pini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Mycosphaerella
Species: M. pini
Binomial name
Mycosphaerella pini
Rostr. ex Munk (1957)
Synonyms

Eruptio pini (Rostr.) M.E.Barr (1996)
Dothistroma septosporum (Dorog.) M.Morelet (1968)

Mycosphaerella pini is a species of fungus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. It was described by Anders Munk in 1957.[1] It causes a fungal disease, Red Band Needle, which affects the needles of conifers.

See also

References

  1. Munk A. (1957). "Danish Pyrenomycetes. A preliminary flora". Dansk botanisk Arkiv 17 (1): 312.

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