Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

Invasive symbioses between wood-boring insects and fungi are emerging as a new and
currently uncontrollable threat to forest ecosystems, as well as fruit and timber industries …

The Ophiostomatales was erected in 1980. Since that time, several of the genera have been
redefined and others have been described. There are currently 14 accepted genera in the …

Ambrosia beetles and their microbial communities, housed in specialized structures termed
mycangia, represent one of the oldest and most diverse systems of mutualism and …

The laurel wilt pathogen Raffaelea lauricola was hypothesized to have been introduced to
the southeastern USA in the mycangium of the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus …

In this updated nomenclator, the names of 646 species proposed for ophiostomatoid fungi
are considered. The result is 397 accepted species in 12 genera classified in the …

Laurel wilt kills members of the Lauraceae plant family in the southeastern United States. It
is caused by Raffaelea lauricola TC Harr., Fraedrich and Aghayeva, a nutritional fungal …

Two Ophiostomatoid fungi consistently isolated from declining cork oaks attacked by the
ambrosia beetle Platypus cylindrus in Portugal are described as Raffaelea canadensis and …

The oak pinhole borer, Platypus cylindrus, is one of the few 'ambrosia beetles' found in
Mediterranean basin countries. Attacks of this insect are related to cork oak decline in the …

Several eastern European countries have reported outbreaks of oak die-back during the
1980's. Species of Ophiostoma Syd. were isolated from diseased trees and have been …