''Diplodia allocellula'' is an
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 ...
fungus that might be a latent pathogen. It was found on ''
Acacia karroo
''Vachellia karroo'', commonly known as the sweet thorn, common acacia, Karoo thorn, Cape gum or cockspur thorn, is a species of ''Vachellia'', native to southern Africa from southern Angola east to Mozambique, and south to South Africa.
It is ...
'', a common tree in southern Africa.
References
Further reading
*Jami, Fahimeh, et al. "Greater Botryosphaeriaceae diversity in healthy than associated diseased Acacia karroo tree tissues." Australasian Plant Pathology 42.4 (2013): 421–430.
*Jami, Fahimeh, et al. "Botryosphaeriaceae species overlap on four unrelated, native South African hosts." Fungal Biology 118.2 (2014): 168–179.
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Botryosphaeriaceae
Fungi described in 2012
Fungi of Africa
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
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