''Chondrostereum'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
fungi
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
in the family
Cyphellaceae
The Cyphellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The family contains 16 genera and, in 2008, 31 species.
Genera
See also
*List of Agaricales families
The Agaricales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes (divisio ...
. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
, ''
Chondrostereum purpureum
Silver leaf is a fungal disease of trees caused by the fungus plant pathogen ''Chondrostereum purpureum''. It attacks most species of the rose family Rosaceae, particularly the genus ''Prunus''. The disease is progressive and often fatal. The comm ...
'', causes the disease called silver leaf.
Species
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Chondrostereum coprosmae
''Chondrostereum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The type species, ''Chondrostereum purpureum'', causes the disease called silver leaf.
Species
*'' Chondrostereum coprosmae'' (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
*''Chondrostereum himalaic ...
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(G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
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Chondrostereum himalaicum
''Chondrostereum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The type species, ''Chondrostereum purpureum'', causes the disease called silver leaf.
Species
*''Chondrostereum coprosmae'' (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
*''Chondrostereum himalaicu ...
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(K.S.Thind & S.S.Rattan) S.S. Rattan (1977)
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Chondrostereum purpureum
Silver leaf is a fungal disease of trees caused by the fungus plant pathogen ''Chondrostereum purpureum''. It attacks most species of the rose family Rosaceae, particularly the genus ''Prunus''. The disease is progressive and often fatal. The comm ...
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(Pers.) Pouzar (1959)
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Chondrostereum vesiculosum
''Chondrostereum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The type species, ''Chondrostereum purpureum'', causes the disease called silver leaf.
Species
*''Chondrostereum coprosmae'' (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
*''Chondrostereum himalaicu ...
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(G.Cunn.) Stalpers & P.K.Buchanan (1991)
Cyphellaceae
Agaricales genera
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