A genus of fungal plant pathogens that cause canker and decay in trees and woody plants.
Derived from Greek 'dothidea' (a fungus) with the diminutive suffix '-ella'. Named in the 19th century by mycologists studying plant diseases.
Many tree diseases you see in parks—dead branches, bark damage—are often caused by Dothiorella fungi, yet most people never know the name of the microscopic villain destroying the trees around them.
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