Lasiodiplodia margaritacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Lasiodiplodia
Species:
L. margaritacea
Binomial name
Lasiodiplodia margaritacea
Pavlic et al., 2008

Lasiodiplodia margaritacea is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).[1]

References

  1. ^ Pavlic, D.; Wingfield, M. J.; Barber, P.; Slippers, B.; Hardy, G. E. St. J.; Burgess, T. I. (2008). "Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia" (PDF). Mycologia. 100 (6): 851–866. doi:10.3852/08-020. ISSN 0027-5514.

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