Cylindrocladium buxicola Henricot
(Box Blight)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesCylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight)
GenusCylindrocladium (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
FamilyNECTRIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2007 Box blight Plant Clinic News Nov 07: 1.
Henricot, B., Pérez-Sierra, A. & Prior, C. 2000 A new blight disease on Buxus in the UK caused by the fungus Cylindrocladium New Disease Reports Vol 1.

Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight)
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