This article is a list of diseases of trees in the genus Platanus (plane trees, also known in North America as sycamores).

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseasesBacterial wetwoodBacterium (unidentified)Leaf scorchXylella fastidiosa

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseasesAnthracnoseApiognomonia errabunda = Gnomonia errabunda Discula umbrinella [anamorph] Apiognomonia veneta Gnomonia veneta Discula platani [anamorph]Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot)Armillaria mellea Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anamorph]Botryosphaeria canker - diebackBotryosphaeria dothidea Fusicoccum aesculi [anamorph] Botryosphaeria obtusa Sphaeropsis sp. [anamorph] Botryosphaeria rhodina = Physalospora rhodinaButt rotGanoderma applanatum = Fomes applanatus Ustulina deusta = Hypoxylon deustumCeratocystis cankerCeratocystis fimbriata = Ceratostomella fimbriata Chlara sp. [anamorph]Ceratocystis canker - stainCeratocystis platani =Ceratocystis fimbriata f. platani Endoconidiophora fimbriata f. plataniCytospora cankerCytospora plataniEutypella cankerEutypella parasitica Libertella sp. [anamorph]Fusarium stem cankerFusarium merismoides = Fusarium rimosumHypoxylon canker - diebackHypoxylon tinctor Xyloclodium sp. [anamorph] pathogenicity not provenLeaf blightPhloeospora multimaculansLeaf spotsMycosphaerella platanifolia Cercospora platanicola [anamorph] Cristulariella moricola = Cristulariella pyramidalis Fusicladium spp. Mycosphaerella platanifolia = Sphaerella platanifolia Mycosphaerella punctiformis = Sphaerella punctiformis Mycosphaerella stigmina-platani = Mycosphaerella polymorpha Phyllosticta platani Ramularia sp. Septoria platanifolia Stigmina platani = Stigmella platani Stigmella platani-racemosae = Stigmella platani-racemosaeMassaria canker - diebackSplanchnonema platani = Massaria platani Macrodiplodiopsis desmazieresii [anamorph]Nectria cankerNectria sp.Powdery mildewErysiphe platani Phyllactinia sp. (unknown)Phomopsis cankerPhomopsis sp. Phomopsis scabra = Phoma scabraPhymatotrichum root rot (Texas root rot)Phymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorumPhytophthora root rotPhytophthora sp.Pythium root rotPythium sp.Seedling diseasePhytophthora cinnamomi Rhizoctonia solaniSooty blotchGloeodes pomigenaSpot anthracnoseSphaceloma sp.Wood rotsBjerkandera adusta Chondrostereum purpureum Daedaleopsis confragosa Datronia scutellata Fomes fasciatus Fomitopsis meliae Fomitopsis pinicola Fomitopsis spraguei Ganoderma applanatum Ganoderma lucidum Hericium erinaceus Hysizygus ulmarius Inonotus arizonicus Inonotus cuticularis Inonotus munzii Laxitextum bicolor Laxitextum sulcata Oxyporus latemarginatus Oxyporus populinus Phanerochaete allantospora Phanerochaete arizonica Phanerochaete avellanea Phanerochaete burtii Phanerochaete carnosa Phanerochaete chrysorhizon Phanerochaete crassa Phanerochaete filamentosa Phanerochaete omnivora Phanerochaete tuberculata Phellinus gilvus Phlebia subochracea Postia tephroleuca Pycnoporus sanguineus Rigidoporus lineatus Trametes elegans Trametes hirsuta Trametes versicolor Tyromyces galactinus Tyromyces fissilis Xeromphalina fraxinophila Other basidiomycetes

Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

Miscellaneous diseases or disordersRosy cankerIlluminating gas in soil

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasiticDaggerXiphinema americanumLanceHoplolaimus galeatusRoot knotMeloidogyne sp.StingBelonolaimus longicaudatusStuntTylenchorhynchus claytoni

References Diseases of Sycamore (Platanus spp.), The American Phytopathological Society