''Neofusicoccum australe'' is a fungus species in the genus ''

Neofusicoccum ''Neofusicoccum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. Species *''Neofusicoccum andinum'' *''Neofusicoccum arbuti'' *''Neofusicoccum australe'' *''Neofusicoccum carallia'' *''Neofusicoccum cordaticola'' *''Neofusicoccum corticos ...

''. It is responsible for a

grapevine trunk disease Grapevine trunk diseases (GTD) are the most destructive diseases of vineyards worldwide. Fungicides (such as sodium arsenite or 8-hydroxyquinoline, used to fight esca) with the potential to control GTD have been banned in Europe and there are no hig ...

. A 2009 survey of

endophytic An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. Endophytes are ubiquitous and have been found in all species of plants studied to date; h ...

fungi on woody species at two tuart woodlands of

Southwest Australia (ecoregion) Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia. It includes the Mediterranean-climate area of southwestern Australia, which is home to a diverse and distinctive flora and fauna. The region is also known as the Southwest Aus ...

, sampling acacia ''

Acacia cochlearis ''Acacia cochlearis'', commonly known as the rigid wattle, is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves''. It is native to an area along the coast from the Goldfields-Esperance to the Mid West regions of Western Australia. ...

'', '' A. rostellifera'', the sheoak ''

Allocasuarina fraseriana ''Allocasuarina fraseriana'', commonly known as western sheoak, common sheoak, WA sheoak. Fraser's sheoak or just sheoak, is a tree in the family Casuarinaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs near the coast in the south west corner o ...

'', peppermint ''

Agonis flexuosa ''Agonis flexuosa'' is a species of tree that grows in the south west of Western Australia. It is easily the most common of the ''Agonis'' species, and is one of the most recognisable trees of Western Australia, being commonly grown in parks an ...

'', ''

Banksia grandis ''Banksia grandis'', commonly known as bull banksia or giant banksia, is a species of common and distinctive tree in the south-west of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as beera, biara, boongura, gwangia, pira or peera. It ...

'', ''

Eucalyptus marginata ''Eucalyptus marginata'', commonly known as jarrah, djarraly in Noongar language and historically as Swan River mahogany, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tree with rough ...

'', sandalwood ''

Santalum acuminatum ''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especiall ...

'' and nominate species ''

Corymbia calophylla ''Corymbia calophylla'', commonly known as marri, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a tree or mallee with rough bark on part or all of the trunk, lance-shaped ad ...

'' (tuart), found around three quarters of isolates were taxa of the family

Botryosphaeriaceae The Botryosphaeriaceae are a family of sac fungi (Ascomycetes), which is the type representative of the order Botryosphaeriales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 26 genera and over 1500 species. Members of this order include not ...

, eighty percent of which was this species.

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* * Botryosphaeriaceae Fungi described in 2004 Grapevine trunk diseases {{Dothideomycetes-stub