Hymenoscyphus fraxineus

TaxID: 746836

Basic Information

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus

Ash Dieback, ash dieback fungus

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an ascomycete fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease of ash trees in Europe characterised by leaf loss and crown dieback in infected trees. The fungus was first scientifically described in 2006 under the name Chalara fraxinea. Four years later it was discovered that Chalara fraxinea is the asexual (anamorphic) stage of a fungus that was subsequently named Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus and then renamed as Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The first recognised report of this disease was in 1992 after a large number of ash trees had died in Poland. The disease is now widespread in Europe, with up to 85% mortality rates recorded in plantations and 69% in woodlands. It is closely related to a native fungus Hymenoscyphus albidus, which is harmless to European ash trees. A 2016 report published in the Journal of Ecology posited that a combination of H. fraxineus and emerald ash borer attacks could result in the extinction of European ash trees.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Leotiomycetes

Helotiales

Helotiaceae

Hymenoscyphus

fraxineus

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
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(c) Pavel Šinkyřík@BY-NC
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
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(c) Pavel Šinkyřík@BY-NC
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
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(c) Ludwig Treuter@BY-NC
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
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(c) Hermann Falkner@BY-NC-SA
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
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(c) Hermann Falkner@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (14 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Belarus Absent —
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
China Quarantine pests 2021
Kazakhstan A1 list 2017

Distribution (39 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

38
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_001414365.1 Contig 51 24 24 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR25865485 - - - 20220797 Germany: Satrup (Schleswig-Holstein)
SRR25865484 - - - 24372151 Germany: Satrup (Schleswig-Holstein)
SRR25865483 - - - 21417659 Germany: Satrup (Schleswig-Holstein)

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature