Fusicladium is a genus of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. Specimens of Fusicladium may be found across the world.[1] Many species are plant pathogens,[2] infecting at least 52 plant genera including apple trees,[3] pea plants,[4] and peach trees.[1] These infectious species are each often host-specific, meaning they can only survive on specific species of plant.[2]

Fusicladium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Venturiaceae
Genus: Fusicladium
Bonorden, 1851
Species

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The precise taxonomy of the genus is still under investigation. DNA analysis has shown that species from the genera Pollaccia and Spilocaea belong in a single clade with Fusicladium.[5] Fusicladium is sometimes written Fusicladium s.l. (meaning "Fusicladium in the wider sense") to reflect this.

Species edit

Species in the genus Fusicladium include:[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b FISHER, EILEEN E. (June 1957). "A Species of the Genus Venturia, the Ascigerous Stage of Fusicladium carpophilum (Thüm.) Oudem". Nature. 179 (4573): 1309–10. Bibcode:1957Natur.179.1309F. doi:10.1038/1791309a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 13440966. S2CID 4169272.
  2. ^ a b González-Domínguez, Elisa; Armengol, Josep; Rossi, Vittorio (2017). "Biology and Epidemiology of Venturia Species Affecting Fruit Crops: A Review". Frontiers in Plant Science. 8: 1496. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01496. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 5610699. PMID 28974954.
  3. ^ Hashemi, Abdollah; Khodaparast, seyed akbar; A. Elahinia, S; Zare, Rasoul; Mousakhah, M (2013-01-01). "A preliminary study on the genus Fusicladium s. l. in Iran". Mycologia Iranica. 1: 27–33.
  4. ^ Horst, R. Kenneth (2013-06-29). Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781475733761.
  5. ^ Beck, Andreas; Ritschel, Anja; Schubert, Konstanze; Braun, Uwe; Triebel, Dagmar (May 2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of the anamorphic genus Fusicladium s. lat. as inferred by ITS nrDNA data". Mycological Progress. 4 (2): 111–116. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0114-8. ISSN 1617-416X. S2CID 21199398.
  6. ^ "Fusicladium". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.