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Lasiodiplodia margaritacea

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Dothideomycetes

Family
  
Botryosphaeriaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Ascomycota

Order
  
Botryosphaeriales

Genus
  
Lasiodiplodia

Similar
  
Dothiorella, Fusicoccum, Botryosphaeriaceae, Neofusicoccum, Lasiodiplodia

Lasiodiplodia margaritacea is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).

References

Lasiodiplodia margaritacea Wikipedia