Sclerotinia

Sclerotinia
Sclerotinia sulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Sclerotinia
Fuckel (1870)
Type species
Sclerotinia libertiana
Fuckel (1870)
Species

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Sclerotinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[1] The widely distributed genus contains 14 species.[2]

Taxonomy

A number of species previously assigned to Sclerotinia are now considered to be members of the closely related genus, Botrytis.

Species

Selected species include ;

S. borealis
S. bulborum (Wakker) Sacc.
S. homoeocarpa F.T. Benn.
S. minor Jagger
S. ricini
S. sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
S. spermophila Noble
S. sulcata
S. trifoliorum Erikss.
S. veratri

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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