Geosmithia morbida

Geosmithia morbida
G. morbida on the leaves of Black Walnut
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Geosmithia
Species: G. morbida
Binomial name
Geosmithia morbida
(M. Kolarík, E. Freeland, C. Utley & Tisserat, 2011)

Geosmithia morbida is a species of anamorphic fungi that causes Thousand cankers disease in species of walnut trees (Juglans spp.).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kolarik, M.; Freeland, E.; Utley, C.; Tisserat, N. (2011). "Geosmithia morbida sp. nov., a new phytopathogenic species living in symbiosis with the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) on Juglans in USA". Mycologia 103 (2): 325–332. doi:10.3852/10-124. PMID 20943528.  edit
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