Cadophora malorum

Cadophora malorum is a plant pathogen that causes side rot in apple and pear and can also cause disease on asparagus and kiwifruit.[3]

Cadophora malorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Ploettnerulaceae
Genus: Cadophora
Species:
C. malorum
Binomial name
Cadophora malorum
(Kidd & Beaumont) W. Gams, (2000)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Phialophora malorum (Kidd & Beaumont) McColloch, (1944)
Sporotrichum carpogenum Ruehle, (1931)
Sporotrichum malorum Kidd & Beaumont, (1924)
Phialophora atra J.F.H.Beyma, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1942)
Torula heteroderae Jacz., Bull. (1934)
Phialophora heteroderae (J.F.H.Beyma) J.F.H.Beyma(1937)
Cadophora heteroderae J.F.H.Beyma (1937)

It was first described as Sporotrichum malorum in 1924 by Mary Nest Kidd and Albert Beaumont,[1][4] from a specimen collected on an apple tree in Britain,[5] but in 2000 was transferred to the genus, Cadophora, by Walter Gams, a German mycologist.[1]

References
  1. "Index Fungorum - Names Record - Cadophora malorum". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Mycobank: Cadophora malorum". Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. "U.S. National Fungus Collections Database :Hosts - Cadophora malorum". nt.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Kidd, M.N.; Beaumont, A. (1924). "Apple rot fungi in storage". Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 10 (1–2): 111. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(24)80008-6.
  5. "Index Fungorum - Names Record: Sporotrichum malorum". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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