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Laetisaria fuciformis (McAlpine) Burds., 1979 (Red Thread Disease (Causal Agent))

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Baldwin, N.A., 1990 Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf

Laetisaria fuciformis may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)
CORTICIACEAE
(a family of resupinate fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Laetisaria fuciformis is associated with:

Photos Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae infects and damages live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos Festuca - fescue grasses (Poaceae) infects and damages live Baldwin, N.A., 1990 [causes "Red Thread Disease"]
Photos Lolium perenne - Perennial Rye-grass (Poaceae) infects and damages live Baldwin, N.A., 1990 [causes "Red Thread Disease"]

Associated with Laetisaria fuciformis:

Laetisaria fuciformis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)
CORTICIACEAE
(a family of resupinate fungi)

References

Baldwin, N.A., 1990 Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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