Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


chestnut blight or canker
Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Barr

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chestnut blight or canker
Cryphonectria parasitica
Fruiting Bodies
Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
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chestnut blight or canker
Cryphonectria parasitica
Symptoms
Joseph OBrien
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chestnut blight or canker
Cryphonectria parasitica
Symptoms
Joseph OBrien
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chestnut blight or canker
Cryphonectria parasitica
Symptoms
Andrej Kunca
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chestnut blight or canker
Cryphonectria parasitica
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Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development




Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Cryphonectria

Other System Links

Species Fungorum: 312329


Synonyms and Other Names

Related Scientific Names:
Diaporthe parasitica Murrill(Synonym)
Related Scientific Names:
Endothia parasitica (Murrill) P.J. anderson & H.W. Anderson(Synonym)

References

Common Name Reference: P.W. Crous, W. Gams, J.A. Stalpers, V. Robert and G. Stegehuis. 2004. MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century. Studies in Mycology 50: 19–22
Scientific Name Reference: Index Fungorum. Paul Kirk. CABI, CBS and Landcare Research. http://www.indexfungorum.org/