Clitocybe parasitica

Clitocybe parasitica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clitocybaceae
Genus: Clitocybe
Species:
C. parasitica
Binomial name
Clitocybe parasitica
Wilcox

Clitocybe parasitica is classified as a plant pathogen, because in the United States it causes Clitocybe Root Rot, affecting apple, peach, cherry, and oak species.[1] First detected in Oklahoma in 1900 and described by E.M. Wilcox the following year, C. parasitica has been found afflicting orchard trees as far north as Oregon.

References

  1. ^ Manual of Fruit Diseases: Clitocybe Root Rot.


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