Apiognomonia veneta

Apiognomonia veneta
Symptoms of Apiognomonia veneta on Sycamore foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Sordariomycetidae
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Gnomoniaceae
Genus:	Apiognomonia
Species:	A. veneta
Binomial name
Apiognomonia veneta (Sacc. & Speg.) Höhn., (1920)
Synonyms
Apiosporopsis veneta Diaporthe veneta Discella platani Discula nervisequa Discula platani Fusarium nervisequum Fusarium nervisequum f. platani Fusarium platani Gloeosporidina platani Gloeosporium nervisequum Gloeosporium platani Gnomonia platani Gnomonia veneta Hymenula platani Myxosporina platani Placosphaeria platani Sporonema platani

Apiognomonia veneta is a plant pathogen which causes anthracnose on London Plane trees.^[1]

Symptoms on a twig

References

1. ^ Sogonov MV, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, White JF. (2007). "The type species of Apiognomonia, A. veneta, with its Discula anamorph is distinct from A. errabunda". Mycological Research 111 (Pt 6): 693–709. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.013. PMID 17604146. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0953-7562(07)00079-2. 

External links

• Index Fungorum
• USDA ARS Fungal Database