Valsa

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Valsa
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Valsa salicina on Salix twigs
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Valsaceae
Genus: Valsa
Fr. (1849) [1]
Type species
Valsa ambiens
(Pers.) Fr. (1849)
Synonyms

Circinaria Bonord. (1851)
Circinostoma Gray (1821)
EngizostomaGray (1821)
Microstoma Auersw. (1860)

Contents

Valsa is a genus of fungi within the family Valsaceae. [2] There are about 70 species in the widespread genus. Anamorphs are classified in the genus Cytospora . [3]

Species

References

  1. Fries EM. (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Uppsala, Sweden: Typographia Academica. p. 410.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 719. ISBN   9780851998268.