Leucostoma persoonii

Leucostoma persoonii is a plant pathogen, which causes perennial canker (also referred to as Cytospora canker and Valsa canker or Leucostoma canker).^[1] On Species Fungorum the current name is given as Cytospora leucostoma (Pers.) Sacc., (1881)^[2]

Leucostoma persoonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Valsaceae
Genus:	Leucostoma
Species:	L. persoonii
Binomial name
Leucostoma persoonii (Nitschke) Höhn. (1928)
Synonyms
Cytospora leucostoma Leucostoma leucostoma Sphaeria leucostoma Valsa leucostoma Valsa persoonii