Neofusicoccum australe

Neofusicoccum australe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Botryosphaeriales
Family:	Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Neofusicoccum
Species:	N. australe
Binomial name
Neofusicoccum australe Slippers, Crous & M.J. Wingf. 2004
Synonyms
Fusicoccum australe Botryosphaeria australis

Neofusicoccum australe is a fungus species in the genus Neofusicoccum.^[1] It is responsible for a grapevine trunk disease.

A 2009 survey of endophytic fungi on woody species at two tuart woodlands of Southwest Australia (ecoregion), sampling acacia Acacia cochlearis, A. rostellifera, the sheoak Allocasuarina fraseriana, peppermint Agonis flexuosa, Banksia grandis, Eucalyptus marginata, sandalwood Santalum acuminatum and nominate species Corymbia calophylla (tuart), found around three quarters of isolates were taxa of the family Botryosphaeriaceae, eighty percent of which was this species.^[2]

References

1. Crous, P. W.; Slippers, B; Wingfield, M. J.; Rheeder, J; Marasas, W. F.; Philips, A. J.; Alves, A; Burgess, T; Barber, P; Groenewald, J. Z. (2006). "Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae". Studies in Mycology. 55: 235–253. doi:10.3114/sim.55.1.235. PMC 2104729. PMID 18490983.
2. Taylor, K; Barber, PA; St J Hardy, GE; Burgess, TI (March 2009). "Botryosphaeriaceae from tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) woodland, including descriptions of four new species". Mycological Research. 113 (Pt 3): 337–53. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.010. PMID 19070663.

External links

• Neofusicoccum australe in Index Fungorum
• "Neofusicoccum australe". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).