Biology:Valsa

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Valsa
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Valsa salicina on Salix twigs
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Valsaceae
Genus: Valsa
Fr. (1849)[1]
Type species
Valsa ambiens
(Pers.) Fr. (1849)
Synonyms

Circinaria Bonord. (1851)
Circinostoma Gray (1821)
Engizostoma Gray (1821)
Microstoma Auersw. (1860)

Valsa is a genus of fungi within the family Valsaceae.[2] There are about 70 species in the widespread genus. Anamorphs are classified in the genus Cytospora.[3]

Species

References

  1. Fries EM. (1849) (in la). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. 2. Uppsala, Sweden: Typographia Academica. p. 410. 
  2. "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. 
  3. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 719. ISBN 9780851998268. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7912596 entry