Biology:Distocercospora

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Distocercospora
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Distocercospora

N.Pons & B.Sutton (1988)
Type species
Distocercospora pachyderma
(Syd. & P.Syd.) N.Pons & B.Sutton (1988)

Distocercospora is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1988 with Distocercospora pachyderma as the type species in 1988.[1]

They are distributed on the islands of Japan, Micronesia and Polynesia.[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

  • Distocercospora africana Crous & U. Braun (1994)
  • Distocercospora indica N.K. Verma & A.N. Rai (2014)
  • Distocercospora pachyderma (Syd. & P. Syd.) N. Pons & B. Sutton (1988)

Former species,

  • D. livistonae U. Braun & C.F. Hill (2006) = Exosporium livistonicola, Ascomycota

References

  1. Pons N, Sutton BC. (1988). "Cercospora and similar fungi on yams (Dioscorea spp.)". Mycological Papers 160: 60. 
  2. "Distocercospora N.Pons & B.Sutton, 1988" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2621549. 
  3. "Species Fungorum - Search Page". https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5283013 entry