Valsa sordida

Valsa sordida is a species of fungus within the family Valsaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes dieback of small branches and twigs of broad-leaved trees, usually poplar. It is found in Africa, Australasia, Europe, and North and South America. The anamorph is Cytospora chrysosperma.^[4]

Valsa sordida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Valsaceae
Genus:	Valsa
Species:	V. sordida
Binomial name
Valsa sordida Nitschke (1870)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Engizostoma sordidum (Nitschke) Kuntze (1898)[3]