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


Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini Rostr.

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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
Symptoms
Robert L. Anderson
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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Robert L. James
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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Susan K. Hagle
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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Robert L. James
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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A. Steven Munson
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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USDA Forest Service - Northern and Intermountain Region
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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USDA Forest Service - Northern and Intermountain Region
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Dothistroma needle blight
Mycosphaerella pini
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Paul Bachi




Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Mycosphaerella

Other System Links

Species Fungorum: 282775


Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
Dothistroma needle blight of pine, Dothistroma needle blight on spruce

Related Scientific Names:
Dothistroma pini Hulbary(Anamorph)
Related Scientific Names:
Cytosporina septospora Dorog.(Synonym)
Related Scientific Names:
Dothistroma septospora (G.Doroguine) Morelet(Synonym)
Related Scientific Names:
Scirrhia pini A. Funk & A.K. Parker(Synonym)
Related Scientific Names:
Septoria septospora (Dorog.) Arx(Synonym)

References

Common Name Reference: Sinclair, W.A., H.F. Lyon and W.T. Johnson. 1987. Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 574 pp.
Scientific Name Reference: Index Fungorum. Paul Kirk. CABI, CBS and Landcare Research. http://www.indexfungorum.org/