Acarosporina microspora
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''Acarosporina microspora'' is a species of
fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from th ...
in the family
Stictidaceae The Stictidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Ostropales. The family was first described by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849. Genera This is a list of the genera contained within the Stictidaceae, based on a 2020 review and su ...
. A
plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
, it causes a condition in
elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...
s known as Schizoxylon canker. It was originally described in 1938 under the name ''Schizoxylon microsporum''.


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Ostropales Fungi described in 1938 Fungal tree pathogens and diseases {{fungus-tree-disease-stub