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Corynespora
Corynespora cassiicola on a leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Pleosporomycetidae
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Corynesporascaceae
Genus:	Corynespora
Species
Corynespora cassiicola Corynespora kenyensis Corynespora laevistipitata Corynespora ripogoni

Corynespora is a fungus genus. It is a member of the mitosporic Ascomycota, a heterogeneous group of ascomycotic fungi whose common characteristic is the absence of a sexual state.

Species in the genus induce Corynespora leaf spot in bleeding hearts (Clerodendrum thomsoniae).

See also

• List of mitosporic Ascomycota
• List of bleeding heart diseases

External links

• Index Fungorum
• USDA ARS Fungal Database

References

• Singh A, Singh SK, Kamal. 2000. Three new species of Corynespora from India. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 30: 44–49.
• Zhang K, Fu H-B, Zhang X-G. 2009. Taxonomic studies of Corynespora from Hainan, China. Mycotaxon 109: 85–93.
• Zhang X-G, Xu J-J. 2005. Taxonomic studies of Corynespora from Guangxi, China. Mycotaxon 92: 431–436.

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