Biology:Sclerotinia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Sclerotinia
Sclerotinia sulcata 352526.jpg
Sclerotinia sulcata
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Sclerotinia

Fuckel (1870)
Type species
Sclerotinia libertiana
Fuckel (1870)
Species

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Sclerotinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[1] The widely distributed genus contains 14 species.[2]

Taxonomy

A number of species previously assigned to Sclerotinia are now considered to be members of the closely related genus, Botrytis.

Species

Selected species include:

References

  1. "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1969330 entry