🍄 Diplodia quercivora

🧬 Taxonomy

Kingdom: Fungi

Family: Fungi - Botryosphaeriaceae

Plant Part Origin(s): Whole organism

Known use: This pathogen is responsible for declining Quercus canariensis (oak) trees in Tunisia. The ethyl acetate extract of the fungal isolate exhibits significant antifungal activity as well as potent cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects against several cancer cell lines.

Source availability: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Taxonomy: Link

Wikipedia: Link

📍 Collection Information

Regions: North Africa

Countries: Egypt Not reported

Places of collection: Borg El-Arab, near Alexandria Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University. Not reported

GPS coordinates: Unavailable

Collection dates: March 21, 2013