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Geosmithia
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Geosmithia

Geosmithia is a genus of anamorphic fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Hypocreales. The genus, circumscribed by Australian mycologist John Pitt in 1979, is widely distributed. A 2008 estimate placed ten species in the genus, but several new species have since been described. Thousand cankers disease, which affects economically important black walnut (Juglans nigra) populations in North America, is caused by Geosmithia morbida.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Foamy Bark Canker

speciesGeosmithia pallida

Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut

speciesGeosmithia morbida

Geosmithia putterillii

speciesGeosmithia putterillii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 374766.