Fusicoccum amygdali

Fusicoccum amygdali is a plant pathogen, which often releases a toxin known as fusicoccin that causes the stomata of the plant to open.

Fusicoccum amygdali
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Botryosphaeriales
Family:	Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Fusicoccum
Species:	F. amygdali
Binomial name
Fusicoccum amygdali Delacr., (1905)
Synonyms
Phomopsis amygdali (Delacr.) J.J. Tuset & M.T. Portilla, (1989)