''Mycosphaerella eumusae'' is a fungal disease of banana (''Musa'' spp.), causing Eumusae leaf spot. Its symptoms are similar to black leaf streak (Black Sigatoka, ). ''M. eumusae'' is the predominant ''Mycospharella'' of banana in mainland Malaysia and in

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, and is present in

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and

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. ''Septoria eumusae'' is an

anamorph In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota: *Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body. *Anamorph: an ase ...

of ''Mycosphaerella eumusae''.

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