Sphaeropsis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Dothideomycetes
Order
Botryosphaeriales
Family
Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus
Sphaeropsis
Species
Scientific Name
Sphaeropsis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sphaeropsis

The Sphaeropsis are a genus of fungi, within the family of Botryosphaeriaceae and within the order of Botryosphaeriales, within the class Dothideomycetes. They are plant pathogens.

Most known species is Sphaeropsis sapinea (Fr.) Dyko & B. Sutton (1980) (or Diplodia sapinea (Fr.) Fuckel and Diplodia pinea (Desm.) J. Kickx f.), which is the causal agent of the Diplodia tip blight disease on pines and other conifer species. It is also found on forest and ornamental trees in the Western Balkans, Europe, and in the United States.

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