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Species of fungus used as a mycoherbicide to control Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in South Africa
Cylindrobasidium laeve
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Physalacriaceae
Genus:
Cylindrobasidium
Species:
C. laeve
Binomial name
Cylindrobasidium laeve
Synonyms
[2]
Athelia pellicularis (
P. Karst. )
Donk , 1957
Cladoderris minima
Berk. &
Broome , 1878
Corticium confluens var. subcalceum P. Karst., 1888
Corticium confluens var. triviale
P. Karst. , 1888
Corticium laeve
Pers. , 1794
Corticium laeve f. cucullatum
Bourdot &
Galzin , 1928
Corticium laeve f. pallida
P. Karst.
Corticium laeve subsp. pelliculare
P. Karst. , 1889
Corticium laeve var. subcalceum (
P. Karst. )
P. Karst. , 1892
Corticium laeve var. triviale (
P. Karst. )
P. Karst. , 1892
Corticium pelliculare (
P. Karst. )
P. Karst. , 1889
Cylindrobasidium evolvens var. cucullatum (
Bourdot &
Galzin )
Hjortstam &
Ryvarden , 1984
Hypochnus laevis (
Pers. )
Bonord. , 1851
Kneiffia laevis (
Pers. )
Bres. , 1903
Stereum minimum (
Berk. &
Broome )
Lloyd , 1913
Terana laevis (
Pers. )
Kuntze , 1891
Thelephora laevis (
Pers. )
Pers. , 1801
Thelephora laevis
Ehrh. ex
Willd. , 1787
Cylindrobasidium is a species of fungus in the family
Physalacriaceae .
A product which contains Cylindrobasidium laeve as the active ingredient can be used as a
mycoherbicide to control
Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in
South Africa .
[3]
Taxonomy
Initially described by
Persoon in 1794 as Corticium laeve , the modern
Index Fungorum name was given in 1984 by
George Peter Chamuris .
[4]
In Europe
It is very common in
Poland , usually found on various types of forests, bushes, parks, gardens, roadsides, trunks and branches of deciduous trees. It was found on the following species and types of trees:
maples ,
chestnut tree,
alder ,
silver birch ,
hornbeam ,
hazel ,
hawthorn ,
beech ,
hairy ash ,
apple ,
black poplar ,
plum tree,
Robinia pseudoacacia ,
willow , and
lime . It occurs rarely on
conifers .
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Gallery
References
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Cylindrobasidium laeve Athelia pellicularis Corticium laeve