Fusicoccum amygdali
Species of fungus
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Fusicoccum amygdali is a plant pathogen, which often releases a toxin known as fusicoccin that causes the stomata of the plant to open.
| Fusicoccum amygdali | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Botryosphaeriales |
| Family: | Botryosphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Fusicoccum |
| Species: | F. amygdali |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusicoccum amygdali Delacr., (1905) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phomopsis amygdali (Delacr.) J.J. Tuset & M.T. Portilla, (1989) | |