Leucostoma persoonii

Leucostoma persoonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Sordariomycetidae
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Valsaceae
Genus:	Leucostoma
Species:	L. persoonii
Binomial name
Leucostoma persoonii (Nitschke) Höhn. (1928)
Synonyms
Cytospora leucostoma Leucostoma leucostoma Sphaeria leucostoma Valsa leucostoma Valsa persoonii

Leucostoma persoonii is a plant pathogen, which causes perennial canker (also referred to as Cytospora canker and Valsa canker).^[1]

External links

• Index Fungorum
• USDA ARS Fungal Database

References

1. ^ http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/gummosis.shtml