Ophiostoma

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Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fungal genus
genus
associatedWith bark beetles
causes Dutch elm disease (via some species)
vascular wilt diseases in trees (some species)
class Sordariomycetes
distribution cosmopolitan in temperate regions
ecologicalRole plant pathogen
wood-inhabiting fungus
family Ophiostomataceae
genomeSequenced Ophiostoma novo-ulmi
Ophiostoma ulmi
habitat under bark of trees
xylem of trees
hasSpecies Ophiostoma clavigerum
Ophiostoma himal-ulmi
Ophiostoma ips
Ophiostoma minus
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi
Ophiostoma piceae
Ophiostoma piliferum
Ophiostoma quercus
Ophiostoma ulmi
Ophiostoma ulmi s.l.
Ophiostoma wageneri
hasTypeSpecies Ophiostoma piliferum
historicallyConfusedWith Ceratocystis
hostRange conifers (some species)
primarily hardwood trees
impact contributes to decline of urban and forest elms
major economic impact on elm populations
interactionWithInsects forms mutualistic associations with bark beetles
isKnownFor containing species that cause Dutch elm disease
containing tree-pathogenic fungi
kingdom Fungi
morphology often produces synnemata or coremia in asexual state
produces ascospores in asci
produces perithecial ascomata
namedBy Heinrich Georg Winter
notableDisease Dutch elm disease
order Ophiostomatales
pathogenicTo Ulmus (elm) trees
phylum Ascomycota
reproductiveType ascomycetous
studiedIn forest pathology
subphylum Pezizomycotina
taxonRank genus
transmissionVector elm bark beetles

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