title: Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the correct scientific name for the fungus causing ash dieback in Europe.
abstract: Under the rules for the naming of fungi with pleomorphic life-cycles adopted in July 2011, the nomenclaturally correct name for the fungus causing the current ash dieback in Europe is determined to be Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, with the basionym Chalara fraxinea, and Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus as a taxonomic synonym of H. fraxineus.
authors.affiliation: Blaihofstraße 42, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany;
authors.forename: Hans-Otto
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Baral
authors.affiliation: Forest Pathology and Dendrology, Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Queloz
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosoya
keywords: Chalara fraxinea; Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus; Pleomorphic fungi
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references.pmid: 24819666
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