Phacidium infestans

Phacidium infestans
Phacidium infestans on needles of Abies concolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Subclass: Leotiomycetidae
Order: Helotiales
Family: Phacidiaceae
Genus: Phacidium
Species: Phacidium infestans
Binomial name
Phacidium infestans
P. Karst., (1888)
Synonyms

Phacidium abietis (Dearn.) J. Reid & Cain, (1963)
Phacidium infestans var. abietis Dearn., (1926)
Phacidium lacerum f. pini-cembrae Rehm
Phacidium pini-cembrae (Rehm) Terrier,(1942)

Phacidium infestans is a fungal plant pathogen infecting Douglas-firs commonly known as snow/needle blight.

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