List of Platanus diseases

This article is a list of diseases of trees in the genus Platanus (plane trees, also known in North America as sycamores).

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial wetwood Bacterium (unidentified)
Leaf scorch Xylella fastidiosa

Fungal diseases

Severe infections of anthracnose can sometimes defoliate large swaths of sycamore during mid and late spring, but trees generally recover by mid-summer
Fungal diseases
Anthracnose

Apiognomonia errabunda
= Gnomonia errabunda
Discula umbrinella [anamorph]
Apiognomonia veneta
Gnomonia veneta
Discula platani [anamorph]

Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot)

Armillaria mellea
Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anamorph]

Botryosphaeria canker - dieback

Botryosphaeria dothidea
Fusicoccum aesculi [anamorph]
Botryosphaeria obtusa
Sphaeropsis sp. [anamorph]
Botryosphaeria rhodina
= Physalospora rhodina

Butt rot

Ganoderma applanatum
= Fomes applanatus
Ustulina deusta
= Hypoxylon deustum

Ceratocystis canker

Ceratocystis fimbriata
= Ceratostomella fimbriata
Chlara sp. [anamorph]

Ceratocystis canker - stain

Ceratocystis platani
=Ceratocystis fimbriata f. platani
Endoconidiophora fimbriata f. platani

Cytospora canker

Cytospora platani

Eutypella canker

Eutypella parasitica
Libertella sp. [anamorph]

Fusarium stem canker

Fusarium merismoides
= Fusarium rimosum

Hypoxylon canker - dieback

Hypoxylon tinctor
Xyloclodium sp. [anamorph]
pathogenicity not proven

Leaf blight

Phloeospora multimaculans

Leaf spots

Mycosphaerella platanifolia
Cercospora platanicola [anamorph]
Cristulariella moricola
= Cristulariella pyramidalis
Fusicladium spp.
Mycosphaerella platanifolia
= Sphaerella platanifolia
Mycosphaerella punctiformis
= Sphaerella punctiformis
Mycosphaerella stigmina-platani
= Mycosphaerella polymorpha
Phyllosticta platani
Ramularia sp.
Septoria platanifolia
Stigmina platani
= Stigmella platani
Stigmella platani-racemosae
= Stigmella platani-racemosae

Massaria canker - dieback

Splanchnonema platani
= Massaria platani
Macrodiplodiopsis desmazieresii [anamorph]

Nectria canker

Nectria sp.

Powdery mildew

Microsphaera extensa
= Microsphaera alni
Microsphaera penicillata
= Microsphaera alni
Phyllactinia guttata
Oidium sp. [anamorph]

Phomopsis canker

Phomopsis sp.
Phomopsis scabra
= Phoma scabra

Phymatotrichum root rot (Texas root rot)

Phymatotrichopsis omnivora
= Phymatotrichum omnivorum

Phytophthora root rot

Phytophthora sp.

Pythium root rot

Pythium sp.

Seedling disease

Phytophthora cinnamomi
Rhizoctonia solani

Sooty blotch

Gloeodes pomigena

Spot anthracnose

Sphaceloma sp.

Wood rots

Bjerkandera adusta
Chondrostereum purpureum
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Datronia scutellata
Fomes fasciatus
Fomitopsis meliae
Fomitopsis pinicola
Fomitopsis spraguei
Ganoderma applanatum
Ganoderma lucidum
Hericium erinaceus
Hysizygus ulmarius
Inonotus arizonicus
Inonotus cuticularis
Inonotus munzii
Laxitextum bicolor
Laxitextum sulcata
Oxyporus latemarginatus
Oxyporus populinus
Phanerochaete allantospora
Phanerochaete arizonica
Phanerochaete avellanea
Phanerochaete burtii
Phanerochaete carnosa
Phanerochaete chrysorhizon
Phanerochaete crassa
Phanerochaete filamentosa
Phanerochaete omnivora
Phanerochaete tuberculata
Phellinus gilvus
Phlebia subochracea
Postia tephroleuca
Pycnoporus sanguineus
Rigidoporus lineatus
Trametes elegans
Trametes hirsuta
Trametes versicolor
Tyromyces galactinus
Tyromyces fissilis
Xeromphalina fraxinophila
Other basidiomycetes

Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

Miscellaneous diseases or disorders
Rosy canker Illuminating gas in soil

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Dagger Xiphinema americanum
Lance Hoplolaimus galeatus
Root knot Meloidogyne sp.
Sting Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Stunt Tylenchorhynchus claytoni

References