Nectria coccinea

Nectria coccinea
Nectria coccinea fruiting bodies.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Nectriaceae
Genus:	Nectria
Species:	N. coccinea
Binomial name
Nectria coccinea Desm.

Nectria coccinea is a fungal plant pathogen. The variant Nectria coccinea var. faginata causes beech bark disease, and can infect the tree via the feeding holes made by the beech scale insect Cryptococcus fagisuga.

External links

• Index Fungorum
• USDA ARS Fungal Database

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