Chondrostereum

Chondrostereum
Chondrostereum purpureum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Cyphellaceae
Genus:	Chondrostereum Pouzar (1959)
Type species
Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar (1959)
Species
C. coprosmae C. himalaicum C. purpureum C. vesiculosum

Chondrostereum is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The type species, Chondrostereum purpureum , causes the disease called silver leaf. ^[1]

Species

• Chondrostereum coprosmae (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
• Chondrostereum himalaicum (K.S.Thind & S.S.Rattan) S.S. Rattan (1977)
• Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar (1959) ^[2]
• Chondrostereum vesiculosum (G.Cunn.) Stalpers & P.K.Buchanan (1991)

References

1. Wall, Ronald Eugene; Forests, British Columbia Ministry of; Service, Canadian Forest; II, Canada-British Columbia Partnership Agreement on Forest Resource Development: FRDA (1996). Pathogenicity of the Bioherbicide Fungus Chondrostereum Purpureum to Some Trees and Shrubs of Southern Vancouver Island. Canadian Forest Service. p. 1. ISBN   978-0-7726-2809-1.
2. Vincent, Charles; Goettel, Mark S.; Lazarovits, George (2007-08-20). Biological Control: A Global Perspective : Case Studies from Around the World. CABI. p. 284. ISBN   978-1-84593-266-4.