Raffaelea fusca

Raffaelea fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Ophiostomatales
Family:	Ophiostomataceae
Genus:	Raffaelea
Species:	R. fusca
Binomial name
Raffaelea fusca Harrington, Aghayeva & Fraedrich (2010)

Raffaelea fusca is a mycangial fungus, first isolated from female adults of the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus.

References

Further reading

• Dreaden, Tyler J., et al. "Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea."Fungal biology 118.12 (2014): 970-978.
• Harrington, Thomas C., et al. "Isolations from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, confirm that the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, originated in Asia." Mycologia 103.5 (2011): 1028–1036.
• Inácio, M. Lurdes, et al. "Ophiostomatoid fungi, a new threat to cork oak stands."Present and Future of Cork Oak in Portugal (eds. Oliveira, M., Matos, J., Saibo, N., Miguel, C., Gil, L.)(2012): 87-92.
• Harrington, T. C., and S. W. Fraedrich. "Quantification of propagules of the laurel wilt fungus and other mycangial fungi from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus." Phytopathology 100.10 (2010): 1118–1123.

External links

• "Raffaelea fusca". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• MycoBank

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