43(12): 382 (1974) Cophinforma tumefaciens is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen infecting citruses,[2] and other shrubs and trees.
Due to the generic circumscriptions of the macroconidia and spermatia/microconidia of this species matching that of Botryosphaeria, Cophinforma, or Neofusicoccum genera, rather than genus Sphaeropsis.
[1] It can form galls (rounded swellings beneath undisturbed bark) on Edison's St. John's-Wort (Hypericum edisonianum (Small) Adams & Robson) in Florida.
),[9] bottlebrush (Callistemon spp),[10] Carissa, crape myrtle, Ligustrum and the Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius).
The conidiogenous cells are hyaline, holoblastic (divided into planes), smooth, discrete and cylindrical in form.
[1] Disease symptoms range from inconspicuous swellings on young twigs to irregular sized galls on older wood.
[11] The knots can occur in large numbers and a severe infection can lead to death of the tree or shrub.
[15] The disease has been reported as being found in the USA (within Florida),[3] Cameroon, Ceylon, Cuba,[16] Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico,[5][6] and Venezuela.