''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.
First detected in Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
in 1900 and described by E.M. Wilcox the following year, ''C. parasitica'' has been found afflicting orchard trees as far north as Oregon
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References
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
parasitica
Parasitica (the parasitican wasps) is an obsolete, paraphyletic infraorder of Apocrita containing the parasitoid wasps. It includes all Apocrita except for the Aculeata. Parasitica has more members as a group than both the Symphyta and the Aculea ...
Fungus species
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