Microstromatales

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symptoms of infection by Quambalaria spp. on eucalypt trees: c) Quambalaria pitereka, d-f) Quambalaria simpsonii (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Shuaifei Chen, Qianli Liu, Guoqing Li and Michael J. Wingfield
Source: Front. Agr. Sci. Eng (2017), vol. 4 p. 433-447

Microstromatales

The Microstromatales are an order of basidiomycetous plant pathogenic fungi which cause shoot blight, leaf spot and other diseases. Some species are saprophytic. For example, important diseases of eucalypts are caused by species of the genus Quambalaria in Australia and in other regions.


The following genera and individual species are currently entered under this order: