''Dermea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ascomycete fungi which attack trees, especially ''
Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosm ...
'' fruit trees - for instance, ''D. prunasti'' causes greengage plum die-back. On the whole, although ''Dermea'' species are considered pathogenic, not many serious diseases have been reported to be caused by this genus.
[Introduction to ]
''Dermea'' was initially authored in 1825 by the famous mycologist
Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the Mycology, "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and li ...
[ and contains at least 22 species.]
Species
*''Dermea acerina''
*''Dermea ariae''
*''Dermea balsamea''
*''Dermea bicolor''
*''Dermea brenckleana''
*''Dermea cerasi''
*''Dermea chinensis''
*''Dermea chionanthi''
*''Dermea craterium''
*''Dermea cydoniae''
*''Dermea grovesii''
*''Dermea hamamelidis''
*''Dermea libocedri''
*''Dermea livida''
*''Dermea molliuscula''
*''Dermea morthieri''
*''Dermea padi''
*''Dermea peckiana''
*''Dermea piceina''
*''Dermea pinicola''
*''Dermea populea''
*''Dermea prunastri''
*''Dermea pruni''
*'' Dermea pseudotsugae''
*''Dermea rhytidiformans''
*''Dermea spiraeae''
*''Dermea tetrasperma''
*''Dermea tulasnei''
*''Dermea viburni''
See also
* List of Dermateaceae genera
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References
External links
*
Dermea
' at Index Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and th ...
Dermateaceae genera
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