Raffaelea subalba is a mycangial fungus, first isolated from female adults of the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus.[1]

Raffaelea subalba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Ophiostomatales
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Genus: Raffaelea
Species:
R. subalba
Binomial name
Raffaelea subalba
Harrington, Aghayeva & Fraedrich (2010)

References

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  1. ^ Harrington, T.C.; Aghayeva, D.N.; Fraedrich, S.W. (2010). "New combinations in Raffaelea, Ambrosiella, and Hyalorhinocladiella, and four new species from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus". Mycotaxon. 111 (1): 337–361. doi:10.5248/111.337. ISSN 0093-4666.

Further reading

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  • Dreaden, Tyler J., et al. "Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea." Fungal biology 118.12 (2014): 970–978.
  • Harrington, Thomas C., et al. "Isolations from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, confirm that the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, originated in Asia." Mycologia 103.5 (2011): 1028–1036.
  • Inácio, M. Lurdes, et al. "Ophiostomatoid fungi, a new threat to cork oak stands."Present and Future of Cork Oak in Portugal (eds. Oliveira, M., Matos, J., Saibo, N., Miguel, C., Gil, L.)(2012): 87–92.
  • Harrington, T. C., and S. W. Fraedrich. "Quantification of propagules of the laurel wilt fungus and other mycangial fungi from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus."Phytopathology 100.10 (2010): 1118–1123.
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