Pleospora
| Pleospora | |
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| Pleospora betae spinach | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 Muller. There are an estimated 63 species.[1]
Selected species[]
- Pleospora alfalfae
- Pleospora allii, Stemphylium leaf blight
- Niessl 1876
- Pleospora betae
- Pleospora bjoerlingii
- , Patouillard, now in genus Decorospora
- Pleospora herbarum
- Pleospora lycopersici
- Pleospora papaveracea, possible biocontrol for oriental poppy, now in genus Crivellia.
- , attacks dead twigs of Crataegus
- Pleospora tarda
- Pleospora theae
References[]
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 547. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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