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Botryosphaeria corticola
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Bot canker of oak is a disease on stems, branches and twigs of oak trees in Europe and North America. The casual agent of Bot canker of oak is the fungus Botryosphaeria corticola. Bot canker of oak causes lesions and cankers on a wide range of oaks in Europe and most recently live oaks in North America. Some infections were formerly attributed to Botryosphaeria stevensii, but most likely represent infections by Botryosphaeria corticola. Botryosphaeria corticola is distinguishable from Botryosphaeria stevensii via ITS rDNA sequencing.
- Family
- Botryosphaeriaceae
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- Name
- Botryosphaeria corticola
- Slug
- botryosphaeria-corticola
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Botryosphaeriaceae
- Genus
- Botryosphaeria
- Species
- corticola
- Wikidata QID
- Q4948831
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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