Valsa sordida

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| genus = Valsa

| species = sordida

| authority = Nitschke (1870)

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| synonyms = Engizostoma sordidum (Nitschke) Kuntze (1898)

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Valsa sordida is a species of fungus within the family Valsaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes dieback of small branches and twigs of broad-leaved trees, usually poplar. It is found in Africa, Australasia, Europe, and North and South America. The anamorph is Cytospora chrysosperma.

References

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{{cite book |author=Kuntze O. |title=Revisio generum plantarum |year=1898 |volume=3 |location=Leipzig, Germany |publisher=A. Felix |page=475 |language=German |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3693}}

{{cite book |author=Nitscke T. |title=Pyrenomycetes Germanici |year=1870 |volume=2 |location=Breslau, Germany |publisher=Eduard Trewendt |page=203}}

{{cite book |vauthors=Smith IM, Dunez J, Phillips DH, Lelliott RA, Archer SA |title=European Handbook of Plant Diseases |year=2009 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=978-1-4443-1418-2 |page=320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gbPsC7i1IIC&pg=PA320}}

{{cite web |title=Valsa sordida Nitschke 1870 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=28567&Fields=All |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |accessdate=2012-03-31}}

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Category:Sordariomycetes

Category:Fungi described in 1870

Category:Fungi of Africa

Category:Fungi of Europe

Category:Fungi of Australia

Category:Fungi of North America

Category:Fungi of South America

Category:Fungal tree pathogens and diseases

Category:Diaporthales

Category:Taxa named by Theodor Rudolph Joseph Nitschke

Category:Fungus species