Valsa

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Valsa
Valsa salicina on Salix twigs
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Engizostoma Gray (1821)
Microstoma Auersw. (1860)

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]

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References[edit]

  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.

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