Cenangium ferruginosum
| Cenangium ferruginosum | |
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| Cenangium ferruginosum | |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi
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| Species: | C. ferruginosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cenangium ferruginosum Fr. (1818)
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Cenangium abietis (Pers.) Duby 1896 | |
Cenangium ferruginosum is a species of fungus which infects young twigs of especially older pines (Pinus sylvestris). It, along with , causes the disease .[1] The parasite lives under the bark of the trunk and spreads out further i.e. bark of branches up to the fresh twigstops of needles. The needles turn brown at the base, and the needles on the twigtop die off in time.
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Categories:
- Helotiaceae
- Fungi described in 1818