Raffaelea quercivora

Raffaelea quercivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Ophiostomatales
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Genus: Raffaelea
Species: R. quercivora
Binomial name
Raffaelea quercivora
Kubono & Ito (2002)

Raffaelea quercivora is a species of fungus in the family Ophiostomataceae. It causes Japanese oak wilt disease, and is spread by the ambrosia beetle (Platypus quercivorus). It has small obovoid to pyriform sympodioconidia and slender, long conidiophores. The fungus has been isolated from the body surfaces and mycangia of the beetle.[1]

References

  1. Kubono, Takanori; Ito, Shin-ichiro (2002). "Raffaelea quercivora sp. nov. associated with mass mortality of Japanese oak, and the ambrosia beetle (Platypus quercivorus)". Mycoscience. 43 (3): 255–260. doi:10.1007/S102670200037. ISSN 1340-3540.

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