Camillea tinctor

Camillea tinctor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Graphostromataceae
Genus:	Camillea
Species:	C. tinctor
Binomial name
Camillea tinctor (Berk.) Læssøe, J.D.Rogers & Whalley (1989)
Synonyms[1]
Sphaeria tinctor Berk. (1845) Diatrype tinctor (Berk.) Sacc. (1882) Hypoxylon tinctor (Berk.) Cooke (1883) Nummularia tinctor (Berk.) Ellis & Everh. (1892) Valsa tinctor (Berk.) Kuntze (1898) Numulariola tinctor (Berk.) P.M.D.Martin (1969)

Camillea tinctor is a species of fungus in the family Graphostromataceae.^[2] It is a plant pathogen and saprophyte of dying or weakened trees such as sycamore, oak, or elm. The fungus causes cankers on large branches or the tree trunk. Ascospores of this fungus are transported by wind or rain that can infect existing wounds in trees.^[3][4] It can be identified by orange staining that can be seen on cut wood, and it has protruding ostioles.^[5]

Taxonomy

The fungus was originally described as Sphaeria tinctor by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1845.^[6] Mordecai Cubitt Cooke moved it to genus Hypoxylon in 1883,^[7] and it was known as a member of this genus for a long time. The taxon was transferred to the genus Camillea in 1989.^[8]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Camillea tinctor (Berk.) Læssøe, J.D. Rogers & Whalley, Mycol. Res. 93(2): 145 (1989)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
2. "Camillea tinctor (Berk.) Læssøe, J.D. Rogers & Whalley". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
3. "A Guide to Major Insects, Diseases, Air Pollution Injury, and Chemical Injury of Sycamore" (PDF). USDA Forest Service - Southern Research Station. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
4. "Hypoxylon Canker on Shade Trees". University of Arkansas Extension. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
5. Tartter, Vivien. "Blotches, Spots, and Bumps on Logs" (PDF). New York Mycological Society. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
6. Berkeley, M.J. (1845). "Decades of fungi. Decades VIII-X. Australian and North American fungi". London Journal of Botany. 4: 298–315.
7. Cooke, M.C. (1883). "Hypoxylon and its allies". Grevillea. 11 (60): 121–140.
8. Laessøe, T.; Rogers, J.D.; Whalley, A.J.S. (1989). "Camillea, Jongiella and light-spored species of Hypoxylon". Mycological Research. 93 (2): 121–155. doi:10.1016/s0953-7562(89)80111-x.