Discula destructiva

{{Short description|Species of fungus}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Speciesbox | image = Dogwood anthracnose (Discula destructiva).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Dogwood anthracnose (''D. destructiva'') can cause leaf blotches and increased sprouting of leaves from the trunk of the flowering dogwood tree | genus = Discula (fungus) | species = destructiva | authority = Redlin }}

'''''Discula destructiva''''' is a fungus in the family Gnomoniaceae which causes dogwood anthracnose, affecting populations of dogwood trees native to North America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SLJ |date=January 2015 |title=Dogwood Anthracnose: Discula destructiva |url=https://plantclinic.cornell.edu/factsheets/dogwoodanthracnose.pdf |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=plantclinic.cornell.edu |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122144138/http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/factsheets/dogwoodanthracnose.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

It was introduced to the United States in 1978 and is distributed throughout the Eastern United States and the Pacific Northwest. Its origins are unknown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dogwood Anthracnose {{!}} National Invasive Species Information Center |url=https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/profile/dogwood-anthracnose |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610115327/https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/profile/dogwood-anthracnose |url-status=live }}</ref> It typically occurs in cool, wet spring and fall weather. One can avoid this fungus by watering dogwoods during drought and general cultural control care.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_dogwd/ht_dog.htm|website=www.na.fs.fed.us |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-date=18 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118090212/http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_dogwd/ht_dog.htm |url-status=dead|title=How to Identify and Control Dogwood Anthracnose|last1=Mielke|first1=Manfred E.|last2=Daughtrey|first2=Margery L.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Robert L. |last2=Knighten |first2=John L. |last3=Windham |first3=Mark |last4=Langdon |first4=Keith |last5=Hedrix |first5=Floyd |last6=Roncadori |first6=Ron |title=Dogwood Anthracnose and its Spread in the South |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5447373.pdf#:~:text=Dogwood%20anthracnose%20was%20first%20reported%20as%20a%20disease,disease%20was%20discovered%20in%20the%20South%20in%201987. |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=fs.usda.gov |archive-date=18 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718182148/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5447373.pdf#:~:text=Dogwood%20anthracnose%20was%20first%20reported%20as%20a%20disease,disease%20was%20discovered%20in%20the%20South%20in%201987. |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Species affected: ''Cornus florida'' and ''Cornus nuttallii''.

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==External links== * [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/pathogens-and-diseases/dogwood-anthracnose Species Profile- Dogwood Anthracnose (''Discula destructiva'')], National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library. Lists general information and resources for Dogwood Anthracnose.

Category:Gnomoniaceae Category:Fungus species Category:Fungi described in 1991