''Didymella'' is a genus of
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 ...
belonging to the family
Didymellaceae
The Didymellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. They have a world-wide distribution.
Recent phylogenetic examination of some of the larger genera of the Pleosporales, particularly ''Phoma'', has led to considerable reorganisat ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
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Species
The
GBIF
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the ...
lists up to 317 species,
while
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 295 species (see list below).
Selected species include:
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Didymella aliena
''Didymella aliena'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Didymellaceae, that lives as an opportunistic pathogen on several species of plants worldwide. First described in 1823 by Swedish mycologist and botanist, Elias Magnus Fries, t ...
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Didymella arachidicola
''Didymella arachidicola'' (syn. ''Didymosphaeria arachidicola'') is a plant pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease ...
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Didymella fabae
''Ascochyta fabae'' 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, ...
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Didymella lycopersici
''Boeremia lycopersici'' (syn. ''Didymella lycopersici'') 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 m ...
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Didymella pinodella
''Didymella pinodella'' (syn. ''Phoma pinodella'') is a fungal plant pathogen infecting pea and red clover
Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the leg ...
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Didymella pinodes
''Didymella pinodes'' (syn. ''Mycosphaerella pinodes'') is a hemibiotrophic fungal plant pathogen and the causal agent of ascochyta blight on pea plants. It is infective on several species such as ''Lathyrus sativus'', ''Lupinus albus'', ''Med ...
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Didymella proximella
''Didymella proximella'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Didymellaceae. It is known to decompose the dead leaves of ''Carex capillaris
''Carex capillaris'', the hair-like sedge, is a species of Carex, sedge found in North Americ ...
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References
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Pleosporales
Dothideomycetes genera