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Cercospora

Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus Mycosphaerella. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi, but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the best-known members of the genus.

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Cercospora
Cercospora beticola on sugar beet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Mycosphaerellales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Cercospora
Fresen. ex Fuckel (1863)
Type species
Cercospora apii
Fresen. (1863)
Species

3,000+, see text

Synonyms1
  • Cercosporina Speg. (1910)
  • Virgasporium Cooke (1875)

Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus Mycosphaerella.2 Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi, but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the best-known members of the genus.

It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.3

Selected species

The GBIF accepts 837 species (as of July 2023);3 See also list of Cercospora species

References

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Cercospora Fresen. ex Fuckel, Hedwigia 2(15): 133 (1863)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. "Cercospora Fresenius, 1863". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. "과학기술 지식정보 식별체계".
  5. Horst, Kenneth; Rev, By R. Cynthia Westcott (2001), Westcott's plant disease handbook, Boston, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 245, 678, ISBN 0-7923-8663-9
  6. Groenewald, J.Z.; Nakashima, C.; Nishikawa, J.; Shin, H.-D.; Park, J.-H.; Jama, A.N.; Groenewald, M.; Braun, U.; Crous, P.W. (2013). "Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses". Studies in Mycology. 75 (1). Westerdijk Institute (Elsevier): 115–170. doi:10.3114/sim0012. ISSN 0166-0616. PMC 3713887. PMID 24014899.
  7. Phengsintham, P; Braun, U; McKenzie, EHC; Chukeatirote, E; Cai, L; Hyde, KD (2013). "Monograph of Cercosporoid fungi from Thailand". Plant Pathology & Quarantine. 3 (2): 67–138. doi:10.5943/ppq/3/2/2.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Chupp C, 1954. A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. Ithaca, New York, USA: C. Chupp.
  • Groenewald, M., et al. (2006). Host range of Cercospora apii and C. beticola and description of C. apiicola, a novel species from celery. Mycologia 98:2
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