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Datasheet

Kretzschmaria deusta (canker of beech)

Summary

  • Last modified
  • 25 June 2014
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Pest
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Kretzschmaria deusta
  • Preferred Common Name
  • canker of beech
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Fungi
  •         Phylum: Ascomycota
  •             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
  •                 Class: Sordariomycetes
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D. Martin

Preferred Common Name

  • canker of beech

Other Scientific Names

  • Discosphaeria deusta (Hoffm.) Dumort.
  • Hypoxylon deustum (Hoffm.) Grev.
  • Hypoxylon magnosporum Lloyd
  • Hypoxylon ustulatum Bull.
  • Sphaeria deusta Hoffm.
  • Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind
  • Ustulina maxima (Weber) Wettst.
  • Ustulina vulgaris Tul.
  • Ustulina zonata Lév.

International Common Names

  • English: black: Hevea spp. collar rot; charcoal stump rot: tea; collar rot: tea; root disease: tea
  • Spanish: chancro del haya; podredumbre basal del te; podredumbre negra del cuello de la hevea
  • French: chancre du hetre; pourriture basale du theier; pourriture noire du collet de l'hevea

Local Common Names

  • Germany: Brandfladen; Brandiger Krustenpilz; Weissfaeule: Laubbaeume

EPPO code

  • HYPODE (Hypoxylon deustum)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Fungi
  •         Phylum: Ascomycota
  •             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
  •                 Class: Sordariomycetes
  •                     Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
  •                         Order: Xylariales
  •                             Family: Xylariaceae
  •                                 Genus: Ustulina
  •                                     Species: Kretzschmaria deusta

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

CountryDistributionLast ReportedOriginFirst ReportedInvasiveReferencesNotes

ASIA

India
-West BengalPresent

NORTH AMERICA

MexicoUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts

EUROPE

ItalyPresentMichelotti et al., 2012
UKUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts

OCEANIA

American SamoaPresentBrooks, 2002

Host plants/Plants Affected

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Plant nameFamilyContext
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)AceraceaeUnknown
Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)AceraceaeOther
Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut)HippocastanaceaeUnknown
Camellia sinensis (tea)TheaceaeUnknown
CitrusRutaceaeUnknown
Fagus sylvatica (common beech)FagaceaeUnknown
Tilia platyphyllos (large-leaved lime)TiliaceaeUnknown

References

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Brooks F, 2002. List of Plant Diseases in American Samoa 2002. Land Grant Technical Report No. 44. Pago Pago, American Samoa: American Samoa Community College Land Grant Program.

Michelotti S, Guglielmo F, Gonthier P, 2012. Detection of the wood decay ascomycete Kretzschmaria deusta in urban maple trees in Italy. Journal of Plant Pathology, 94(4, Supplement):S4.93. http://www.sipav.org/main/jpp/

Distribution Maps

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Distribution map American Samoa: Present
Brooks, 2002UK: Unconfirmed recordIndia
See regional map for distribution within the countryItaly: Present
Michelotti et al., 2012Mexico: Unconfirmed recordMexico: Unconfirmed record
  • = Present, no further details
  • = Evidence of pathogen
  • = Widespread
  • = Last reported
  • = Localised
  • = Presence unconfirmed
  • = Confined and subject to quarantine
  • = See regional map for distribution within the country
  • = Occasional or few reports
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Distribution map (asia) West Bengal: Present
Distribution map (europe) UK: Unconfirmed recordItaly: Present
Michelotti et al., 2012
Distribution map (africa)
Distribution map (north america) Mexico: Unconfirmed record
Distribution map (central america) Mexico: Unconfirmed record
Distribution map (south america)
Distribution map (pacific) American Samoa: Present
Brooks, 2002