''Pseudocercospora'' is a
genus
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of
ascomycete
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
. An
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
ic version of the genus ''
Mycosphaerella
''Mycosphaerella'' is a genus of ascomycota. With more than 10,000 species, it is the largest genus of plant pathogen fungi.
The following introduction about the fungal genus ''Mycosphaerella'' is copied (with permission) from the dissertation ...
'', ''Pseudocercospora'' species are
plant pathogens
Plant diseases are diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like orga ...
, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the
rubber tree
''Hevea brasiliensis'', the Pará rubber tree, ''sharinga'' tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now p ...
.
The widely distributed genus is concentrated predominantly in
tropical
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regions.
[ ''Pseudocercospora'' was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.][
]
Species
, the GBIF
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lists up to 1,540 species,Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
lists about 1,517 species (out of 1,660 records).
Selected species
*'' Pseudocercospora cannabinaa''
*'' Pseudocercospora fuligena''
*''Pseudocercospora gunnerae
''Pseudocercospora gunnerae'' is a fungal plant pathogen.
It was found originally on the leaves of ''Gunnera tinctoria
''Gunnera tinctoria'', known as giant rhubarb, Chilean rhubarb, or ''nalca'', is a flowering plant species native to southe ...
''
*'' Pseudocercospora kaki''
*'' Pseudocercospora lophostemonicola''
*'' Pseudocercospora mali''
*''Pseudocercospora musae
''Mycosphaerella musicola'' (or ''Pseudocercospora musae'',) is a fungal plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of Yellow Sigatoka leaf spot disease on banana plants.
Characteristics
Sigatoka leaf spot disease (SD) is a disease of bananas and ...
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*''Pseudocercospora puderi
''Pseudocercospora puderi'' is a fungal plant pathogen infecting roses, including ''Rosa gallica''. It was originally found in Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the Uni ...
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*''Pseudocercospora purpurea
''Pseudocercospora purpurea'' is a fungal plant pathogen that causes a leaf spot on the avocado.
Species ''Cercospora purpurea'' was originally found on the leaves of ''Persea'' species in Georgia, USA in 1878. before the species was transferred ...
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*''Pseudocercospora rhapisicola
''Pseudocercospora rhapisicola'' is a fungal
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. Thes ...
''
*''Pseudocercospora subsessilis
''Pseudocercospora subsessilis'' is a fungal plant pathogen infecting chinaberry tree (''Melia azedarach''). It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas on host species of the genera ''Azadirachta'' and ''Swietenia''.
It was originally p ...
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*''Pseudocercospora theae
''Pseudocercospora theae'' is a fungal plant pathogen infecting tea.
It was originally found on the fallen leaves of ''Thea viridis'' (synonym of ''Camellia sinensis
''Camellia sinensis'' is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the ...
''
*''Pseudocercospora ulei
''Pseudocercospora'' is a genus of ascomycota, ascomycete fungus, fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus ''Mycosphaerella'', ''Pseudocercospora'' species are plant pathology, plant pathogens, including the causal agent of the so-called South Am ...
'' (formerly ''Microcyclus ulei''Pseudocercospora vitis
''Pseudocercospora vitis'' is a fungal plant pathogen which causes isariopsis leaf spot, (named mistakenly after a genus of fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae, '' Isariopsis'').
References
External links
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal ...
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References
External links
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Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Mycosphaerellaceae genera
Taxa named by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini
Taxa described in 1910
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