''Luttrellia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
in the family
Halosphaeriaceae
The Halosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the Sordariomycetes class, subclass Hypocreomycetidae. Halosphaeriaceae is the family with the largest number of marine fungi with a few species are from freshwater and terrestrial habitats (Jones et ...
.
The genus contains four species.
Species
As accepted by
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 ...
;
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Luttrellia estuarina''
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Luttrellia guttulata''
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Luttrellia halonata''
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Luttrellia parvulospora''
Former species (all now in the
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 ...
family;
[
*''L. monoceras'' = '' Exserohilum monoceras''
*''L. oryzae'' = '' Bipolaris oryzae''
*''L. rostrata'' = '' Exserohilum rostratum''
*''L. turcica'' = '']Exserohilum turcicum
''Setosphaeria turcica'' (anamorph ''Exserohilum turcicum''; formerly known as ''Helminthosporium turcicum'') is the causal agent of northern corn leaf blight in maize. It is a serious fungal disease prevalent in cooler climates and tropical hig ...
''
References
Sordariomycetes genera
Microascales
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