Biology:Agroathelia coffeicola

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Agroathelia coffeicola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Amylocorticiales
Genus: Agroathelia
Species:
A. coffeicola
Binomial name
Agroathelia coffeicola
(Stahel) Redhead
Synonyms

Sclerotium coffeicola Stahel

Agroathelia coffeicola is a sclerotial fungus, commonly called Sclerotium coffeicola, now classified in the order Amylocorticiales.[1][2] It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of target-spot disease of coffee and other tropical plants.[3] It is known from Brazil , Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela, Panama and Sierra Leone.[3][4]

References

  1. "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia 102: 865–880. 2010. 
  2. "Nomenclatural novelties". Index Fungorum 554: 1. 2023. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Three new records of plant parasitic phyllosphere fungi from Panama: ‘’Annellophora phoenicis’’, ‘’Cercospora corniculatae’’, and ‘’Sclerotium coffeicola’’". Check List 14: 93–100. 2018. 
  4. "Primera descripción de Sclerotium coffeicola en caoba africana en México". Rev Argent Microbiol. 50: 202–205. 2018. 


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