Biology:Nectria coccinea
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Nectria coccinea | |
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| Nectria coccinea fruiting bodies | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae |
| Genus: | Nectria |
| Species: | N. coccinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Nectria coccinea Desm.
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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.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q3837959 entry
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