canker stain

canker stain

[′kaŋ·kər ‚stān]
(plant pathology)
A fungus disease of plane trees caused by Endoconidiophora fimbriata platani and characterized by bluish-black or reddish-brown discolorations beneath blackened cankers on the trunk and sometimes the branches.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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However, new trees are of the Vallis Clausa variety that is resistant to a deadly and virulent disease: canker stain. Ceratocystis platani is an air-borne wound fungus that thrives in humid conditions.
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