Fusicoccum ramosum explained

Fusicoccum ramosum is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).^[1]

Further reading

• Sakalidis, Monique L., Giles E. StJ Hardy, and Treena I. Burgess. "Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae." Fungal Ecology 4.1 (2011): 1–14.
• Slippers, B., et al. "A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments." Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 71.2 (2009): 101–110.
• Abdollahzadeh, Jafar, Rasoul Zare, and Alan JL Phillips. "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Botryosphaeria and Neofusicoccum species in Iran, with description of Botryosphaeria scharifii sp. Nov." Mycologia 105.1 (2013): 210–220.

External links

• MycoBank

Notes and References

1. Pavlic. D.. Wingfield. M. J.. Barber. P.. Slippers. B.. Hardy. G. E. St. J.. Burgess. T. I.. Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia. Mycologia. 100. 6. 2008. 851–866. 0027-5514. 10.3852/08-020. 19202840. 5883161.