''Cephaleuros'' is a genus of parasitic thalloid

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comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. Specimens can reach around 10 mm in size.

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are formed. The alga is parasitic on some important economic plants of the

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s such as

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. Seeds of ...

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and

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causing damage limited to the area of algal growth on leaves (algal leaf spot), or killing new shoots, or disfiguring fruit. Members of the genera may also grow with a

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to form a lichen that does not damage the plants.

Species

The species currently recognised are: *'' Cephaleuros biolophus'' *'' Cephaleuros diffusus'' *'' Cephaleuros drouetii'' *'' Cephaleuros endophyticus'' *''

Cephaleuros expansa ''Cephaleuros'' is a genus of parasitic thalloid green algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. Specimens can reach around 10 mm in size. Dichotomous branches are formed. The alga is parasitic on some importa ...

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Cephaleuros henningsii ''Cephaleuros'' is a genus of parasitic thalloid green algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. Specimens can reach around 10 mm in size. Dichotomous branches are formed. The alga is parasitic on some importa ...

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Cephaleuros karstenii ''Cephaleuros'' is a genus of parasitic thalloid green algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. Specimens can reach around 10 mm in size. Dichotomous branches are formed. The alga is parasitic on some importa ...

'' *'' Cephaleuros lagerheimii'' *'' Cephaleuros minimus'' *''

Cephaleuros parasiticus ''Cephaleuros parasiticus'' is a plant pathogenic member of the chlorophyta, or green algae. It infects several commercially important crops including tea. Unlike the majority of pathogenic ''Cephaleuros'' species it penetrates the epidermis of ...

'' *'' Cephaleuros pilosa'' *'' Cephaleuros solutus'' *''

Cephaleuros tumidae-setae ''Cephaleuros'' is a genus of parasitic thalloid green algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. Specimens can reach around 10 mm in size. Dichotomous branches are formed. The alga is parasitic on some importa ...

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Cephaleuros virescens ''Cephaleuros virescens'' is an algal plant pathogen that infects tea, coffee and coconut plants, causing algal leaf spot or algal rust. Host and symptoms ''Cephaleuros virescens'' is known to have a broad host range, the widest host range of th ...

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Trentepohliaceae Ulvophyceae genera {{Ulvophyceae-stub