Nectria coccinea
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| Nectria coccinea fruiting bodies. | |
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| Species: | N. coccinea
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| Nectria coccinea Desm.
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Nectria coccinea is a fungal plant pathogen. The variant Nectria coccinea var. faginata causes beech bark disease, and can infect the tree via the feeding holes made by the beech scale insect Cryptococcus fagisuga.
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