EPPO Global Database

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus(CHAAFR)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2012
From CABI Disease map 1060 (2013): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/080) : first found in February 2012 on a lot of Fraxinus excelsior which had been imported from the Netherlands, growing in 1 nursery of Southern England.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/166) : detected for the first time on Phillyrea angustifolia, P. latifolia and Chionanthus virginicus, in South East England.
References
* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2012-03).

* INTERNET
- Cannon, P. (accessed 2013) Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (chalara ash dieback). Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, London, UK. http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Hymenoscyphus-pseudoalbidus.htm
- Forest Research (2018-08-07) Chalara ash dieback on different ash species and non-ash hosts. https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/chalara-ash-dieback-different-ash-species-and-non-ash-hosts/
- GOV.UK (2018-08-07) Ash dieback found on three new host species of tree in the UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ash-dieback-found-on-three-new-host-species-of-tree-in-the-uk--2