Biology:Moniliophthora

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Moniliophthora
Crinipellis perniciosa mushroom.jpg
Moniliophthora perniciosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Moniliophthora
H.C.Evans, Stalpers, Samson & Benny (1978)
Type species
Moniliophthora roreri
(Cif.) H.C.Evans, Stalpers, Samson & Benny (1978)
Species

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Moniliophthora is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae.[1] The genus was described in 1978 with M.  roreri as the type species. This fungus, formerly known as Monilia roreri, causes frosty pod rot, a serious disease of Theobroma cacao.[2]

Species

MycoBank lists the following:[3]

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. "On the taxonomy of Monilia roreri, an important pathogen of Theobroma cacao in South America". Canadian Journal of Botany 56 (20): 2528–32. 1978. doi:10.1139/b78-305. 
  3. MycoBank: Moniliophthora (retrieved 29 June 2019)
  4. "Three new species of Crinipellis and one new variety of Moniliophthora (Basidiomycota, Marasmiaceae) described from the Republic of Korea". Phytotaxa 170 (2): 86. 2014. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.170.2.2. 
  5. "A monograph of the genera Crinipellis and Moniliophthora from Southeast Asia including a molecular phylogeny of the nrITS region". Fungal Diversity 37: 101–152. 2009. http://nature.berkeley.edu/brunslab/papers/kerekes2009.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6900289 entry