Nectria coccinea
| Nectria coccinea | |
|---|---|
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| Nectria coccinea fruiting bodies. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae |
| Genus: | Nectria |
| Species: | N. coccinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nectria coccinea Desm. | |
Nectria coccinea is a fungal plant pathogen. The variant Nectria coccinea var. faginata causes beech bark disease, and can infect the tree via the feeding holes made by the beech scale insect Cryptococcus fagisuga.
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