Kingdom Fungi Class Leotiomycetes Order Helotiales Scientific name Rhabdocline weirii | Phylum Ascomycota Subclass Leotiomycetidae Family Hemiphacidiaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Rhabdocline pseudotsugae, Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii, Balsam woolly adelgid, Phomopsis, Heterobasidion annosum | ||
Rhabdocline weirii is a fungal plant pathogen. The pathogen, along with Rhabdocline pseudotsugae, causes Rhabdocline needlecast; R. weirii only affects Douglas-fir trees. The disease causes the needles of the tree to discolor and eventually fall from the tree. The pathogen often makes Douglas-fir trees unsalable as Christmas trees and affects the Christmas tree farming industry.
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