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Asperisporium
Asperisporium caricae on papaya leaf
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Asperisporium Maubl.

Asperisporium is a genus of ascomycete fungi whose members are plant pathogens.

The genus is found in northern and southern America, parts of South Africa, India and the islands of Melanesia and Polynesia.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

• Asperisporium acori Tehon (1948)
• Asperisporium asclepiadis (Ellis & Everh.) Deighton (1976)
• Asperisporium caricae (Speg.) Maubl. (1913)
• Asperisporium caricicola Crous & C. Nakash. (2015)
• Asperisporium cassiae (Syd.) Deighton (1976)
• Asperisporium galactiae A. Hern.-Gut., Z.M. Chaves & Dianese (2015)
• Asperisporium gnaphaliatum (Bonar) U. Braun (2000)
• Asperisporium mikaniigena (J.M. Yen & Lim) R.W. Barreto (1995)
• Asperisporium minutulum (Sacc.) Deighton (1976)
• Asperisporium moringae (Thirum. & Govindu) Deighton (1976)
• Asperisporium musicola Matsush. (1975)
• Asperisporium pongamiae-pinnatae Khawar, A. Kumar, Bhat & C. Nakash. (2012)
• Asperisporium rafinesquiae (Harkn.) U. Braun & Crous (2007)
• Asperisporium robur (Tho) U. Braun & Melnik (1996)
• Asperisporium vasconcelliae (Speg.) U. Braun (2000)

Former species;

• A. juniperinum (Georgescu & Badea) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Phaeocercospora juniperina, Capnodiales
• A. mikaniae (Ellis & Everh.) R.W. Barreto (1995) = Passalora mikaniigena, Mycosphaerellaceae
• A. peucedani (Ellis & Holw.) Maubl. (1913) = Fusicladium peucedani, Venturiaceae
• A. pongamiae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Deighton (1976) = Pedrocrousiella pongamiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
• A. sequoiae (Ellis & Everh.) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Passalora sequoiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
• A. vitiphyllum (Speschnew) Deighton (1975) = Sultanimyces vitiphyllus, Mycosphaerellaceae

Gallery

• Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium
• Asperisporium caricae on a papaya fruit
• Close-up of Asperisporium caricae on a papaya

References

1. Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 29: 357, 1913
2. "Index Fungorum - Asperisporium minutulum". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
3. "Index Fungorum - Asperisporium caricae". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
4. "Asperisporium Maubl., 1913". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
5. "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

• Capnodiales
• Dothideomycetes genera