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Linda Haugen, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 1400112

chestnut blight or canker (Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Barr) (Murrill) M.E. Barr

Photographer:
Linda Haugen
Organization:
USDA Forest Service
Descriptor:
Sign
Description:
Lethal canker on main stem, with bark discoloration and orange stroma.
Image type:
Field
Host:
American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Cryphonectria
Subject: Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Barr

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Hamamelidae
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Castanea
Subject: Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Monday, August 29, 2005
Image last updated:
Tuesday, August 2, 2011