Discula destructiva

Discula destructiva is a fungus in the family Gnomoniaceae which causes dogwood anthracnose, affecting populations of dogwood trees native to North America.^[1]

Discula destructiva
Dogwood anthracnose (D. destructiva) can cause leaf blotches and increased sprouting of leaves from the trunk of the flowering dogwood tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Sordariomycetidae
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Gnomoniaceae
Genus:	Discula
Species:	D. destructiva
Binomial name
Discula destructiva (Fr.) Munk ex H. Kern, (1955)
Synonyms
Leucostoma kunzei (Fr.) Munk, (1953) Sphaeria kunzei Fr., (1823) Valsa kunzei (Fr.) Fr., (1846)

It was introduced to the United States in 1978 and is distributed throughout the Eastern United States and the Pacific Northwest. Its origins are unknown.^[2] It typically occurs in cool, wet spring and fall weather. One can avoid this fungus by watering dogwoods during drought and general cultural control care.^[3][4]

Species affected: Cornus florida and Cornus nuttallii.