Apiosporina
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| Apiosporina | |
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| Apiosporina morbosa on a tree bark | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Venturiaceae |
| Genus: | Apiosporina Höhn. |
| Type species | |
| Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn. | |
| Species | |
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A. collinsii | |
Apiosporina is a genus of fungi in the family Venturiaceae.[1] Seeds of the Chinese elm, Trident maple and Japanese black pine can be infected with Apiosporina collinsii to produce dwarf forms used to make bonsai trees.
