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Chestnut Blight Fungus

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Cryphonectria parasitica is a pathogenic fungus in the phylum Ascomycota, native to East Asia and Southeast Asia, that causes chestnut blight. Introduced into Europe and North America in the early twentieth century, it spread through susceptible chestnut populations and caused significant tree loss in both regions, with different strains of the fungus varying in virulence.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Distinctive yellow tendrils (cirrus) of conidia extrude from the canker in wet weather 1
Scientific Name
Cryphonectria parasitica 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sordariomycetes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Chestnut Blight Fungus
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Sources
1. Chestnut blight, Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    The pathogenic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (formerly Endothia parasitica) is a member of the Ascomycota (sac fungi).
  • Symptoms, last sentence
    Distinctive yellow tendrils (cirrus) of conidia can be seen extruding in wet weather.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 308877
    This necrotrophic fungus is native to East Asia and South East Asia and was introduced into Europe and North America in the early 1900s.
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2. GBIF Species API
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Chestnut Blight Fungus
  • Wikidata Q1010057, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Sordariomycetes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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