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Genus of fungi

Sphaceloma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Myriangiales
Family: Elsinoaceae
Genus: Sphaceloma
de Bary (1874)
Type species
Sphaceloma ampelinum
de Bary (1874)
Species

Sphaceloma arachidis
Sphaceloma coryli
Sphaceloma menthae
Sphaceloma perseae
Sphaceloma poinsettiae
Sphaceloma pyrinum
Sphaceloma randii
Sphaceloma sacchari
Sphaceloma theae

Synonyms

Kurosawaia Hara (1954)
Melanobasidium Maubl. (1906)
Melanobasis Clem. & Shear (1931)
Melanodochium Syd. (1938)
Melanophora Arx (1957)

Sphaceloma is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Its species are plant pathogens, and cause anthracnose and scab diseases. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 52 species.

References

  1. "Sphaceloma de Bary 1874". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 647. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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Taxon identifiers
Sphaceloma


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