Biology:Pleospora
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Short description: Genus of fungi
| Pleospora | |
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| Pleospora betae spinach | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Pleospora Rabenh. ex Ces. & De Not. |
| Type species | |
| Pleospora herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857)
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Pleospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. This genus was originally described by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1857 and was revised by Wehmeyer and Müller. There was an estimated 63 species in 2008.[1] (As of August 2023), the GBIF lists up to 440 species,[2] while Species Fungorum lists about 375 species.[3]
Selected species
A selected few species are shown here;
- Pleospora alfalfae
- Pleospora allii, Stemphylium leaf blight
- Pleospora ambigua
- Pleospora bardanae Niessl 1876
- Pleospora betae now Neocamarosporium betae
- Pleospora bjoerlingii
- Pleospora eturmiuna
- Pleospora gaudefroyi, Patouillard, now in genus Decorospora
- Pleospora gigaspora
- Pleospora gracilariae
- Pleospora halophila
- Pleospora herbarum
- Pleospora iqbalii
- Pleospora lamnaria
- Pleospora leptosphaerulinoides
- Pleospora lycopersici
- Pleospora mullerii
- Pleospora paludiscirpi
- Pleospora papaveracea, possible biocontrol for oriental poppy, now in genus Crivellia.
- Pleospora pelagica
- Pleospora pelvetiae
- Pleospora rubicunda
- Pleospora rudis
- Pleospora sedicola
- Pleospora shepherdiae, attacks dead twigs of Crataegus
- Pleospora spartinae
- Pleospora theae
- Pleospora tomatonis
- Pleospora triglochinicola
- Pleospora welwitschiae
References
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk.
- ↑ "Pleospora Rabenhorst ex Cesati & De Notaris, 1863" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2575791.
- ↑ "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Pleospora". https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp.
Other sources
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4348751 entry
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