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Topic: Ash dieback

With the recent furore about ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea) it would be good if we could actually enter these records, so could this species be added to the dictionary!

Craig

Craig Slawson
Staffordshire Ecological Record

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Re: Ash dieback

Hi Craig

These were added a little while ago but might not have filtered down in the R6 updates:

recommended name:
Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus Queloz, Grünig, Berndt, T. Kowalski, T.N. Sieber & Holdenr.
tvk NHMSYS0020977522

synonym:
Chalara fraxinea T. Kowalski
tvk NHMSYS0020977528

vernacular:
Ash Dieback
tvk NHMSYS0020977534

Hope that helps :)
Chris R.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Ash dieback

Thanks Chris,

No it doesn't appear in Dictionary version 1Q of Recorder, guess we have to wait until it does!

Craig

Craig Slawson
Staffordshire Ecological Record