Species of fungus
Neonectria ditissima
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Hypocreales
Family:
Nectriaceae
Genus:
Neonectria
Species:
N. ditissima
Binomial name
Neonectria ditissima (Tul. & C. Tul.) Samuels & Rossman (2006)
Synonyms
teleomorph
Nectria ditissima Tul. & C. Tul. (1865)
Cucurbitaria ditissima (Tul. & C. Tul.) Kuntze (1898)
Nectria galligena Bres. (1901)
Dialonectria galligena (Bres.) Petch ex E.W. Mason & Grainger (1937)
Neonectria galligena (Bres.) Rossman & Samuels (1999)
anamorph
Fusarium heteronemum Berk. & Broome (1865)
Ramularia heteronema (Berk. & Broome) Wollenw. (1916)
Cylindrocarpon heteronema (Berk. & Broome) Wollenw. (1916)
Fusarium mali Allesch. (1892)
Fusarium sarcochroum f. mali (Allesch.) Ferraris (1910)
Cylindrocarpon mali (Allesch.) Wollenw. (1928)
Fusarium willkommii Lindau (1909)
Cylindrocarpon willkommii (Lindau) Wollenw. (1928)
N. galligena canker on trunk
Neonectria ditissima (syn. Neonectria galligena [ 1] ) is a fungal plant pathogen . It causes cankers that can kill branches of trees by choking them off. Apple and beech trees are two susceptible species.