''Apiospora montagnei'' is a

plant pathogen 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 ...

that causes kernel blight on

barley Barley (), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikele ...

but is more often seen a saprophyte or secondary invader of many other plant species.

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Index Fungorum

USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Barley diseases Enigmatic Sordariomycetes taxa Fungi described in 1875 Fungus species {{Sordariomycetes-stub