Acarosporina microspora

Acarosporina microspora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Ostropales
Family:	Stictidaceae
Genus:	Acarosporina
Species:	A. microspora
Binomial name
	Acarosporina microspora; (R.W.Davidson & R.C.Lorenz) Sherwood (1977)
Synonyms
	Schizoxylon microsporum R.W.Davidson & R.C.Lorenz (1938)

Acarosporina microspora is a species of fungus in the family Stictidaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes a condition in elms known as Schizoxylon canker.^[1] It was originally described in 1938 under the name Schizoxylon microsporum.^[2]

References

^ Sherwood MA. (1977). "The Ostropalean fungi". Mycotaxon. 5 (1): 1–277 (see p. 36).
^ Davidson RW, Lorenz RC. (1938). "Species of Eutypella and Schizoxylon associated with cankers of maple". Phytopathology. 28: 733–45.

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