''Corallomycetella elegans'' is one of the two recognized species in the fungus genus ''
Corallomycetella
''Corallomycetella'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae. Species of ''Corallomycetella'' are tropical, and are characterized by the formation of brightly colored rhizomorphs of their rhizostilbella-like asexual morphs. Th ...
''. It is a parasite of
rubber,
cacao
Cacao is the seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, from Spanish cacao, an adaptation of Nahuatl cacaua, the root form of cacahuatl ("bean of the cocoa-tree"). It may also refer to:
Plants
*''Theobroma cacao'', a tropical evergreen tree
** ...
and
tea trees.
See also
*
List of cacao diseases
Like other crops cocoa can be attacked by a number of pest species including fungal diseases, insects and rodents - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and cocoa pod borer
The cocoa pod borer (''Conopomorpha cramerella'') is a moth of the family ...
*
List of tea diseases
Many of the diseases, pathogens and pests that affect the tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably ...
References
External links
mycobank.org
Nectriaceae
Fungi described in 2013
Cacao diseases
Tea diseases
Fungal tree pathogens and diseases
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