Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides

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Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Phaeosphaeriaceae
Genus: Phaeosphaeria
Species:
P. herpotrichoides
Binomial name
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides
(De Not.) L.Holm (1957)
Synonyms
  • Leptosphaeria herpotrichoides De Not. (1863)

Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides is a fungal plant pathogen that infects the commercial crops rye and wheat.

It is common in Iceland where it infects a range of host species, including the wood of Betula pubescens, and the leaves of Dactylis glomerata, Deschampsia caespitosa, Kobresia myosuroides, Leymus arenarius, Luzula spicata, Milium effusum, Phleum pratense, Poa alpina, Poa glauca and Poa nemoralis.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X