Name:		Valsa ambiens Fr., (1849) page 412
Basionym:		Sphaeria ambiens Pers.
Synonym(s):		Engizostoma ambiens (Pers.) Kuntze (1898) Sphaeria diatrypa Fr. (1823) Valsa diatrypa (Fr.) Fr. (1849) Valsa diatrypa (Fr.) Kuntze (1898) Valsella diatrypa (Fr.) Z. Urb. (1957) Valsa rhodophila Berk. & Broome (1859) Engizostoma rhodophilum (Berk. & Broome) Kuntze (1898) Cytospora platani Fuckel (1860) Valsa pustulata Auersw. (1870) Valsa intermedia Nitschke (1870) Valsa betulina Nitschke (1870) Engizostoma betulinum (Nitschke) Kuntze (1898) Valsa populina Fuckel (1871) Cryptosporella populina (Fuckel) Sacc. (1879) Diaporthe populina (Fuckel) Höhn. (1918) Cryptodiaporthe populina (Fuckel) Petr. (1921) Cytospora fuckelii Sacc. (1876) Valsa cooperta Cooke (1877) Cytospora intermedia Sacc. (1884) Cytospora pseudoplatani Sacc. (1884) Cytospora rhodophila Sacc. (1884) Valsa subseriata Cooke (1885) Engizostoma subseriatum (Cooke) Kuntze (1898) Cytospora tamaricella Syd. (1904)
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Valsa Fr. [Genus] Valsaceae Tul. & C. Tul. [Family] Diaporthales Nannf. [Order] Sordariomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Valsa ambiens forma alnicola Peyr. Valsa ambiens forma ambiens Valsa ambiens forma crataegi Rehm Valsa ambiens forma elaeagni Rehm Valsa ambiens forma eleagni Rehm Valsa ambiens forma octospora Sacc. Valsa ambiens forma rosae Rehm Valsa ambiens subsp. ambiens Valsa ambiens subsp. leucostomoides (Peck) Spielman Valsa ambiens var. ambiens Valsa ambiens var. betulae Plowr. Valsa ambiens var. carpini Cooke Valsa ambiens var. coryli Sacc. Valsa ambiens var. crataegi Cooke Valsa ambiens var. dolosella Sacc. Valsa ambiens var. mali Sacc. Valsa ambiens var. populi Plowr. Valsa ambiens var. pyri Cooke Valsa ambiens var. shepherdiae Sacc.
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 3: 268
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (550 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]