Chestnut blight fungus | |
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Cankers caused by the fungal infection cause the bark to split. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Diaporthales |
Family: | Cryphonectriaceae |
Genus: | Cryphonectria |
Species: | C. parasitica |
Binomial name | |
Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr |