''Septobasidium pilosum'' is a plant pathogen, one of a number of fungi in the genus ''

Septobasidium ''Septobasidium'' is a fungal genus within the family Septobasidiaceae. Approximately 175 described species are associated with this genus. ''Septobasidium'' species are known to be entomopathogens. Description ''Septobasidium'' spp. are charac ...

'' responsible for the disease of

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

plants known commonly as "

velvet blight Velvet blight is a disease that affects the stems, branches, leaves, fruits or trunks of plants and trees. This disease is primarily caused by three fungal species from the genus '' Septobasidium'': '' S. bogoriense'', '' S. pilosum'' and '' S. ...

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Index Fungorum

USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Tea diseases Teliomycotina Taxa named by Karel Bernard Boedijn Fungi described in 1930 {{fungus-plant-disease-stub