''Exserohilum oryzinum'' is a species of
fungus in the family
Pleosporaceae
Pleosporaceae is a family of sac fungi. The taxonomic relationship of this family to associated genera is still not determined.
Genera
As accepted by GBIF;
* '' Acrothecium'' (13)
* ''Alternaria'' Nees ex Wallroth, 1816 (841)
* '' Alternariast ...
. Found in
Egypt, where it grows on ''
Oryza
''Oryza'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It includes the major food crop rice (species ''Oryza sativa'' and ''Oryza glaberrima''). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to tall; the genus includes both annual an ...
'' plants, it was
described as new to science in 1984. It is distinguished from other ''
Exserohilum
''Exserohilum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pleosporaceae. The ''Exserohilum'' species are known for causing blight and human immune system diseases. The sexual reproductive (or ascigerous) states of Exserohilum species are known as Seto ...
'' by its distinctly curved to sigmoid (S-shaped)
conidia
A conidium ( ; ), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (), is an asexual, non-motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also called mitospores due to the ...
.
References
External links
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Fungi described in 1984
Pleosporaceae
Fungi of Africa
Fungus species
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