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Image Number: 5541533

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

Photographer:
Richard Gardner
Organization:
Descriptor:
Sign
Description:
Appalachian Trail, Rt 183 North
Image type:
Field
Host:
American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.)

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Image location:
, Blue Mountain in central Pennsylvania

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 taken:
Friday, September 25, 2015
Image uploaded:
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Image last updated:
Thursday, February 1, 2018