Diseases of Sweetgum
(Liquidambar spp.)

R. W. Roncadori, primary collator (last update 7/12/99)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial canker

Bacterium (unidentified)

FUNGAL DISEASES

Annosum root rot

Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.:Fr.) Bref. (anamorph: Spiniger meineckellum (A. Olson) Stalpers)

Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot)

Armillaria mellea (Vahl:Fr.) P. Kumm.

A. tabescens (Scop.) Dennis, Orton & Hora = Clitocybe tabescens (Scop.) Bres.

Bleeding canker (bleeding necrosis, Botryosphaeria canker)

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.:Fr.) Ces. & De Not
   (anamorph: Fusicoccum aesculi Corda)

B. disrupta (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Arx and E. Müller

B. obtusa (Schwein.) Shoemaker (anamorph: Sphaeropsis spp.)

B. rhodina (Cooke) Arx

B. ribis Gross & Duggar (anamorph: Fusicoccum sp.)

Canker rots

Cerrena unicolor (Bull.:Fr.) Murill

Inonotus hispidus (Bull.:Fr.) P. Karst.

Cylindrocladium root rot and blight

Calonectria kyotensis Terashita (anamorph: Cylindrocladium scoparum Morg.)

Endothia canker

Endothia gyrosa (Schwein.:Fr.) Fr. (anamorph: Endothiella gyrosa Sacc.)

Fusarium canker

Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc.

Hymenochaete canker

Hymenochaete agglutinans Ellis

Leaf gall

Synchytrium liquidambaris M. T. Cook

Leaf spots

Cercospora liquidambaris Cooke & Ellis

C. tuberculans Ellis & Everh.

Cladosporium sp.

Dicarpella georgiana (J. H. Miller & G. E. Thompson) Barr

Discosia artocreas (Tode:Fr.) Fr.

Apiognomonia errabunda (Roberge) Höhn (anamorph:
   Discula umbrinella (Berk. & Broome) Sutton)

Gnomonia petiolorum (Schwein.:Fr.) Cooke

Macrophoma sp.

Monochaetia sp.

Peltella sp.

Phyllosticta sp.

Septoria liquidambaris Cooke & Ellis

Stigmina liquidambaris (Tharp.) Morgan-Jones & Kendrick

Tubakia dryina (Sacc.) Sutton

Nectria canker

Nectria sp.

Phymatotrichum root rot (Texas root rot)

Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Duggar) Hennebert = Phymatotrichum omnivorum Duggar

Phytophtora collar rot and bleeding canker

Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J. Schröt.

Rhizoctonia root rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

Thread blight

Corticium stevensii Burt

Tubercularia canker

Nectria cinnabarina (Tode:Fr.) Fr. (anamorph: Tubercularia vulgaris Tode:Fr.)

Wood rots

Bjerkandra adust (Willd.:Fr.) P. Karst.

Candelobrochaete langioisii (Pat.) Boidin

Ceriporia xylostromatioides (Berk.) Ryvarden & I. Johansen

Climacodon pulcherrimus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Nekolaeva

C. septentrionalis (Fr.:Fr.) P. Karst

Coriolopsis rigida (Berk. & Mont.) Murrill

Datronia scutellata (Schwein.) R. L. Gilbertson & Ryvarden

Fomes fasciatus (Sw.:Fr.) Cooke

Fomitopsis spraguei (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) R. L. Gilbertson & Ryvarden

Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.

G. lucidum (Curtis:Fr.) P. Karst.

Globiformes graveolens (Schwein.:Fr.) Murill

Gloeocystidiellum porosus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Donk

Hericium erinaceous (Bull.:Fr.) Pers.

Iononotus ludovicianus (Pat.) Murrill

Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.:Fr.) Fr.

Oxyporus latemarginatus (Durieu & Mont.) Donk

O. populinus (Schumach.:Fr.) Donk

Perenniporia fraxinea (Bull.:Fr.) Ryvarden

Phellinus gilvus (Schwein.:Fr.) Pat.

Pleurotis dryinus (Pers.:Fr.) P. Kumm.

P. ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) P. Kumm.

R. lineatus (Pers.) Ryvarden

R. ulmarius (Sowerby:Fr.) Imazeki in Ito

Schizophyllum commune Fr.:Fr.

Spongipellis unicolor (Schwein.) Murrill

Steccherinum ochraceum (Pers.:Fr,) S. F. Gray

Trametes versicolor (L.:Fr.) Pilat

Trichaptum sector (Ehrenb.:Fr.) Kreisel

Tyromyces fissilis (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Donk

T. calkinsii Murill

Other basidiomycetes

Wood stains

Ceratocystis coerulescens (Münch) Bakshi

C. moniliformis (Hedgc.) C. Moreau (anamorph: Chalara)

Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld.

F. solani (Mart.) Sacc.

Graphium rigidum (Pers.) Sacc.

G. rubrum Rumbold

Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffin & Maubl.

Leptographium microsporum R. W. Davidson

O. piliferum (Fr.:Fr.) Syd. P. Syd. (anamorph: Sporothrix sp.)

Ophiostoma pluriannulatum (Hedgc.) C. Moreau
   (anamorph: Chalara sp.?)

Tubeufia pezizula (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Barr
   (anamorph: Helicoma muelleri Corda)

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS

Leader dieback

unknown cause

Sweetgum blight

unknown cause (drought ?)

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Lance

Hoplolaimus galeatus (Cobb) Thorne

Lesion

Pratylenchus sp.

P. penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven

Root knot

Meloidogyne sp.

Sheath

Hemicycliophora sp.

Spiral

Helicotylenchus sp.

Stubby root

Trichodorus sp.

Stunt

Tylenchorynchus sp.

PARASITIC SEED PLANTS

Mistletoe

Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst. = P. flavescens (Pursh.) Nutt