Nectria coccinea

Nectria coccinea
Nectria coccinea fruiting bodies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Nectria
Species:
N. coccinea
Binomial name
Nectria coccinea
Desm.

Nectria coccinea is a fungal plant pathogen. The variant Nectria coccinea var. faginata causes beech bark disease, and can infect the tree via the feeding holes made by the beech scale insect Cryptococcus fagisuga.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Beech Bark Disease Complex". tsusinvasives.org. Retrieved 2026-03-16.


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