Geosmithia morbida M. Kolarík, E. Freeland, C. Utley & TisseratInvasive    Synonyms: TCD, Thousand Cankers Disease.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Ascomycota   >   Class Sordariomycetes   >   Order Hypocreales   >   Family Incertae-sedis   >   Genus Geosmithia   

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Thousand Cankers Disease is a regulated invasive species in the US (MISC 2022).

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"Thousand cankers disease (TCD) is a disease complex native to the western United States and primarily affects Black Walnut (Juglans nigra). This disease is the result of the combined activity of a fungus (Geosmithia morbida) and the Walnut Twig Beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis)." (Thousand Cankers Disease web site).

There is 1 record in the project database.

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