Cylindrobasidium laeve

{{short description|Species of fungus used as a mycoherbicide to control Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in South Africa}}

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| image = Cylindrobasidium laeve G5 (3).jpg

| genus = Cylindrobasidium

| species = laeve

| authority = (Pers.) Chamuris, 1984Christiaan Hendrik Persoon George Peter Chamuris, Mycotaxon 20(2): 587 (1984)

| synonyms =

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

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Cylindrobasidium laeve |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=106750 |website=Species Fungorum |accessdate=5 September 2019 |language=en |format=html}}

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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.{{cite book |title=Natural Enemies An Introduction to Biological Control |pages=278–288 |date=July 2018 |publisher=University of Cambridge |location=Cambridge |chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/natural-enemies/plant-pathogens-for-controlling-weeds/F28657DA292FB313B4B26482448BFF3E |chapter=15 - Plant Pathogens for Controlling Weeds|doi=10.1017/9781107280267.016 |isbn=9781107280267 }}

Taxonomy

Initially described by Persoon in 1794 as Corticium laeve, the modern Index Fungorum name was given in 1984 by George Peter Chamuris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=106750|title=Index Fungorum - Names Record|website=www.indexfungorum.org|accessdate=5 September 2019}}

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.{{cite book|last= Wojewoda |first= Władysław |author-link=Władysław Wojewoda |title= Checklist of Polish Larger Basidiomycetes. Krytyczna lista wielkoowocnikowych grzybów podstawkowych Polski |publisher=W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences |place=Kraków |year=2003 |isbn= 83-89648-09-1}}

Gallery

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References

Offsite

BioNET-EAFRINET: [https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Acacia_mearnsii_(Black_Wattle).htm Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle)]
Mycobank: [http://www.mycobank.org/name/Cylindrobasidium%20laeve&Lang=Eng Cylindrobasidium laeve]
Scottish fungi: [https://sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/species-profiles/cylindrobasidium-laeve Cylindrobasidium laeve]

Category:Physalacriaceae

Category:Fungus species