Seiridium cardinale

Seiridium cardinale is a species of fungus within the genus of Seiridium, in the Sporocadaceae family.

Seiridium cardinale
Asexual fructifications (acervular connidiomata) of Cypress canker disease on a twig of Thuja plicata. The fungus is probably Seiridium cardinale.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Amphisphaeriales
Family:	Sporocadaceae
Genus:	Seiridium
Species:	S. cardinale
Binomial name
Seiridium cardinale (W.W. Wagener) B. Sutton & I.A.S. Gibson
Synonyms
Coryneum cardinale WW Wagener 1939

It is the primary cause of Cypress canker, a fungal disease that affects various species of trees in the genus Cupressus, including Cupressus sempervirens, the Provence cypress. This disease leads to the decline of infected trees and has led to the destruction of millions in central Italy in particular.^[1][2] It causes branch and trunk cankers.^[3][4] In 2009, it was found in Morocco on Cupressus sempervirens trees.^[5]