Kingdom Fungi Order Botryosphaeriales | Scientific name Dothiorella ulmi Rank Species Subclass Incertae sedis | |
Similar Dothiorella, Botryosphaeria dothidea, Fusicoccum, Phoma glomerata, Botryosphaeriaceae | ||
Dothiorella ulmi is a plant pathogen that causes die-back of elm. It was first identified in 1929 on American elm (Ulmus americana) and was thought to belong to the order Sphaeropsidales but was later described as Cephalosporium sp. before formally being identified as Dothiorella ulmi in 1937.
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