Cryphonectria – Facesoffungi number: FoF 02105

Cryphonectria (Sacc.) Sacc. & D. Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 17: 783. (1905)

MycoBank number: MB 9670; Index Fungorum number: IF 9670; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02105; 14 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 8 species with sequence data.

Type species – Cryphonectria parasitica D. Sacc.

Notes – Cryphonectria is typified by C. parasitica the causal agent of chestnut blight (Anagnostakis 1987, Heiniger & Rigling 1994). Cryphonectria species are sometimes serious canker pathogens but generally survive as saprobes (Roane 1986). Cryphonectria parasitica is illustrated in this entry.