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Cylindrobasidium laeve

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Cylindrobasidium laeve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Cylindrobasidium
Species:
C. laeve
Binomial name
Cylindrobasidium laeve
Synonyms[2]

Cylindrobasidium is a species of fungus in the family Physalacriaceae.

A product which contains Cylindrobasidium laeve as the active ingredient can be used as a mycoherbicide to control Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in South Africa.[3]

Taxonomy

Initially described by Persoon in 1794 as Corticium laeve, the modern Index Fungorum name was given in 1984 by George Peter Chamuris.[4]

In Europe

It is very common in Poland, usually found on various types of forests, bushes, parks, gardens, roadsides, trunks and branches of deciduous trees. It was found on the following species and types of trees: maples, chestnut tree, alder, silver birch, hornbeam, hazel, hawthorn, beech, hairy ash, apple, black poplar, plum tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, willow, and lime. It occurs rarely on conifers.[5]

References

  1. ^ Christiaan Hendrik Persoon George Peter Chamuris, Mycotaxon 20(2): 587 (1984)
  2. ^ "Cylindrobasidium laeve" (html). Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "15 - Plant Pathogens for Controlling Weeds". Natural Enemies An Introduction to Biological Control. Cambridge: University of Cambridge. July 2018. pp. 278–288. doi:10.1017/9781107280267.016. ISBN 9781107280267.
  4. ^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ Wojewoda, Władysław (2003). Checklist of Polish Larger Basidiomycetes. Krytyczna lista wielkoowocnikowych grzybów podstawkowych Polski. Kraków: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 83-89648-09-1.

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