Species

Apiosporina morbosa (Black knot)

Apiosporina morbosa. Photo: (c) Joe Bartok, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Dibotryon morbosum or Apiosporina morbosa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of black knot. It affects cherry, plum, apricot and chokecherry trees in North America. The disease produces rough, black growths that encircle and kill the infested parts, and provide habitat for insects.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
      - Class: Dothideomycetes
        Order: Venturiales
        Family: Venturiaceae
        Genus: Apiosporina
        Species: Apiosporina morbosa (Black knot)

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