Aurantioporthe G. Beier & Blanchette, Mycologia 107(1): 71 (2015)
MycoBank number: MB 807278; Index Fungorum number: IF 807278; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04123; 1 species with sequence data.
Type species – Aurantioporthe corni (Wehm.) G. Beier& R.A. Blanchette
Notes – Aurantioporthe is known from only its type species, A. corni. This species is the causative agent of golden cankers disease in USA and Canada. Aurantioporthe differs from other genera in Cryphonectriaceae in having ascogenous stromata, immersed to semi-immersed conidiomata and uni- to multi-septate ascospores.
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