Leucostoma persoonii

Leucostoma persoonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Valsaceae
Genus: Leucostoma
Species: L. persoonii
Binomial name
Leucostoma persoonii
(Nitschke) Höhn. (1928)
Synonyms

Cytospora leucostoma
Leucostoma leucostoma
Sphaeria leucostoma
Valsa leucostoma
Valsa persoonii

Leucostoma persoonii is a plant pathogen, which causes perennial canker (also referred to as Cytospora canker and Valsa canker or Leucostoma canker).[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/gummosis.shtml
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