Sclerotinia

Sclerotinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[1] The widely distributed genus contains 14 species.[2]

Sclerotinia
Sclerotinia sulcata
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Sclerotinia

Fuckel (1870)
Type species
Sclerotinia libertiana
Fuckel (1870)
Species

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Taxonomy

A number of species previously assigned to Sclerotinia are now considered to be members of the closely related genus, Botrytis.

Species

Selected species include ;

Sclerotinia borealis
Sclerotinia bulborum (Wakker) Sacc.
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa F.T. Benn.
Sclerotinia minor Jagger
Sclerotinia ricini
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
Sclerotinia spermophila Noble
Sclerotinia sulcat
Sclerotinia trifoliorum Erikss.
Sclerotinia veratri

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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