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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| 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.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q3837959 entry
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