Ceratorhiza hydrophila

Ceratorhiza hydrophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Ceratobasidiaceae
Genus:	Ceratorhiza
Species:	C. hydrophila
Binomial name
Ceratorhiza hydrophila (Sacc.) Xu et al.
Synonyms
Sclerotium hydrophilum Sacc.

Ceratorhiza hydrophila is an anamorphic species of fungus in the family Ceratobasidiaceae.^[1] It is a plant pathogen, formerly known as Sclerotium hydrophilum, causing Globular Sclerotial Disease in rice.

References

1. ^ Xu Z, Harrington TC, Gleason ML, Batzer JC. (2010). "Phylogenetic placement of plant pathogenic Sclerotium species among teleomorph genera". Mycologia 102 (2): 337–346. doi:10.3852/08-189. PMID 20361501.  http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tcharrin/Sclerotium.pdf

External links

• USDA ARS Fungal Database