Chondrostereum
| Chondrostereum | |
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| Chondrostereum purpureum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cyphellaceae |
| Genus: | Pouzar (1959) |
| Type species | |
| Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar (1959)
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| Species | |
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C. coprosmae | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.