Diplodia blight: Sphaeropsis sapinea (Incertae sedis: Incertae sedis)

Diplodia blight
Sphaeropsis sapinea (Fr.) Dyko & B. Sutton
Taxonomic Rank: Incertae sedis: Incertae sedis: Incertae sedis

Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources

Selected Images from Invasive.org

Fruiting Bodies; Pycnidia on twig. John W. Schwandt, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Symptoms; Close-up of infected twig. Susan K. Hagle, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Symptoms; Susan K. Hagle, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Symptoms; Severely infected tree. Susan K. Hagle, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Symptoms; Main stem infection of Sphaeropsis sapinea on red pine. Bark has been peeled back to expose dark discoloration of canker face. Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Symptoms; Sphaeropsis sapinea branch infections on red pine following a hail storm on a dry site. Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage

Taxonomic References:

Hansen, E.M. and K.J. Lewis. 1997. Compendium of Conifer Diseases. APS Press. 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097. 101 pp.
The CABI Bioscience Database of Fungal Names (Funindex). The world database of fungal names (IndexFungorum; aka funindex) contains over 345,000 names of fungi (including yeast, lichens, chromistan fungi, protozoan fungi and fossil forms) at species level and below. It has been derived from a number of published lists including Saccardo’s Sylloge Fungorum (contributed by SBML, USDA), Petrak’s Lists, Saccardo’s Omissions, Lamb’s Index, Zahlbruckner’s Catalogue of Lichens (comprehensive for names at species level only but with an increasing number of names of infraspecific taxa) and CABI’s Index of Fungi.

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