''Glomerella tucumanensis'' is a species of

fungus 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 ...

in the family

Glomerellaceae ''Glomerellaceae'' is a monotypic family of fungi in the class ''Sordariomycetes Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota). It is the second-largest class of Ascomycota, with a worldwide distribution th ...

. It is a pathogen of sugarcane responsible for the disease known as red rot of sugarcane, this disease impacts sugarcane production in South and South-East Asia and has spread to 69 countries. It has been responsible for the elimination of many commercial varieties of sugarcane.

Taxonomy

''Glomerella tucumanensis'' was first described by

Frits Went Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went (June 18, 1863 – July 24, 1935) was a Dutch botanist. Went was born in Amsterdam. He was professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Utrecht. His eldest son was ...

as ''Colletotrichum falcatum'' belonging to the family Melanconiaceae as a fungi imperfecti. This classification remained undisputed till 1943, when Carvajal and Edgerton found the conidial state of the fungi to be identical to ''Physalospora tucumanensis'' which was described by Spegazzini in 1896, putting it the family

Pleosporaceae Pleosporaceae is a family (biology), family of sac fungi. They are pathogenic to humans or saprobic on woody and dead herbaceous stems or leaves. They are generally Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph, anamorphic species (having an asexual reprod ...

, thereby placing it under

Ascomycota 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 ...

. In 1954, von Arx and Muller transferred the fungi to the genus '' Glomerella,'' where it remains today.

References

Fungi described in 1896 Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Enigmatic Sordariomycetes taxa Fungus species {{Sordariomycetes-stub