Dermea is a genus of ascomycete fungi[1] which attack trees, especially Prunus fruit trees - for instance, D. prunasti causes greengage plum die-back. On the whole, although Dermea species are considered pathogenic, not many serious diseases have been reported to be caused by this genus.[2]

Dermea
Dermea cerasi
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Dermea

Type species
Dermea cerasi
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Dermea was initially authored in 1825 by the famous mycologist Elias Magnus Fries[2] and contains at least 22 species.[3]

Species

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  • Dermea acerina
  • Dermea ariae
  • Dermea balsamea
  • Dermea bicolor
  • Dermea brenckleana
  • Dermea cerasi
  • Dermea chinensis
  • Dermea chionanthi
  • Dermea craterium
  • Dermea cydoniae
  • Dermea grovesii
  • Dermea hamamelidis
  • Dermea libocedri
  • Dermea livida
  • Dermea molliuscula
  • Dermea morthieri
  • Dermea padi
  • Dermea peckiana
  • Dermea piceina
  • Dermea pinicola
  • Dermea populea
  • Dermea prunastri
  • Dermea pruni
  • Dermea pseudotsugae
  • Dermea rhytidiformans
  • Dermea spiraeae
  • Dermea tetrasperma
  • Dermea tulasnei
  • Dermea viburni

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ a b Introduction to Jiang, Ning; Tian, Cheng-Ming (2019). "Re-collection of Dermea prunus in China, with a description of D. Chinensis sp. Nov". MycoKeys. 50: 79–91. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.50.32517. PMC 6477851. PMID 31043856.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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