Hosts

The only known hosts of C. platani are species in the genus Platanus: P. x hispanica (=P. x acerifolia), widely planted as an amenity tree in many parts of western Europe, and the European/ Eurasian parent P. orientalis, are the species most severely affected (Panconesi, 1981). The North American parent of P.x hispanica, P. occidentalis is susceptible to some dieback but is not usually killed by infection (McCracken & Burkhard, 1977). Platanus racemosa dieback and mortality were recorded in street trees of Modesto, California (Perry and McCain, 1988), but infections have not been found on other North American species of Platanus, or on P. kerrii which occurs in Laos and Vietnam.

Platanus occidentalis, Platanus orientalis, Platanus racemosa, Platanus x hispanica