Chondrostereum

Chondrostereum
Chondrostereum purpureum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cyphellaceae
Genus:
Pouzar (1959)
Type species
Chondrostereum purpureum
(Pers.) Pouzar (1959)
Species

C. coprosmae
C. himalaicum
C. purpureum
C. vesiculosum

Chondrostereum is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The type species, Chondrostereum purpureum, causes the disease called silver leaf.[1]

Species

  • Chondrostereum coprosmae (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
  • Chondrostereum himalaicum (K.S.Thind & S.S.Rattan) S.S. Rattan (1977)
  • Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar (1959)[2]
  • Chondrostereum vesiculosum (G.Cunn.) Stalpers & P.K.Buchanan (1991)

References

  1. ^ Wall, Ronald Eugene; Forests, British Columbia Ministry of; Service, Canadian Forest; II, Canada-British Columbia Partnership Agreement on Forest Resource Development: FRDA (1996). Pathogenicity of the Bioherbicide Fungus Chondrostereum Purpureum to Some Trees and Shrubs of Southern Vancouver Island. Canadian Forest Service. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7726-2809-1.
  2. ^ Vincent, Charles; Goettel, Mark S.; Lazarovits, George (2007-08-20). Biological Control: A Global Perspective : Case Studies from Around the World. CABI. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-84593-266-4.