Discosia artocreas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi
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Phylum: | Ascomycota
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Class: | Sordariomycetes
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Subclass: | Xylariomycetidae
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Order: | Amphisphaeriales
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Family: | Sporocadaceae
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Genus: | Discosia
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Species: | D. artocreas
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Binomial name | |
Discosia artocreas (Tode) Fr., (1849)
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Synonyms | |
Sphaeria artocreas |
Discosia artocreas is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen.[1]
In Iceland, it has been reported from the host species Alchemilla alpina, Betula pubescens, Geum rivale, Salix herbacea and Thalictrum alpinum.[2]
In New Zealand, it has been reported as a host on Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco and Podocarpus totara D.Don.[3]