Seiridium cardinale
| Seiridium cardinale | |
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| Asexual fructifications (acervular connidiomata) of Cypress canker disease on a twig of Thuja plicata. The fungus is probably Seiridium cardinale. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Amphisphaeriales |
| Family: | Sporocadaceae |
| Genus: | Seiridium |
| Species: | S. cardinale
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| Binomial name | |
| Seiridium cardinale (W.W. Wagener) B. Sutton & I.A.S. Gibson
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| Synonyms | |
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Coryneum cardinale WW Wagener 1939 | |
Seiridium cardinale is a species of fungus within the genus of Seiridium, in the Sporocadaceae family.
It is the primary cause of Cypress canker, a fungal disease that affects various species of trees in the genus Cupressus, including Cupressus sempervirens, the Provence cypress. This disease leads to the decline of infected trees and has led to the destruction of millions in central Italy in particular.[1][2] It causes branch and trunk cankers.[3][4] In 2009, it was found in Morocco on Cupressus sempervirens trees.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Seiridium cardinale (cypress canker)". www.cabi.org.
- ^ Achotegui-Castells, Ander; Della Rocca, Gianni; Llusià, Joan; Danti, Roberto; Barberini, Sara; Bouneb, Mabrouk; Simoni, Sauro; Michelozzi, Marco; Peñuelas, Josep (January 22, 2016). "Terpene arms race in the Seiridium cardinale – Cupressus sempervirens pathosystem". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 18954. Bibcode:2016NatSR...618954A. doi:10.1038/srep18954. PMC 4726198. PMID 26796122.
- ^ Graniti, A. (September 1986). "Seiridium cardinale and other cypress cankers". EPPO Conference on Pest and Disease Problems in European Forests. 16 (3): 479–486. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2338.1986.tb00309.x.
- ^ Tsopelas, P.; Angelopoulos, A.; Nikolaou, K. (August 2008). "Seiridium cardinale is a new threat to cypress trees in Cyprus". Plant Pathology. 57 (4): 784–784. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01812.x.
- ^ Danti, R.; Della Rocca, G.; El Wahidi, F. (December 2009). "Seiridium cardinale newly reported on Cupressus sempervirens in Morocco". Plant Pathology. 58 (6): 1174–1174. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02107.x.