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Dothidea

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Dothidea
Dothidea puccinioides
Dothidea puccinioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Dothideales
Family: Dothideaceae
Genus: Dothidea
Fr., 1818[1][2]
Type species
Dothidea sambuci

Dothidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothideaceae.[3] The genus was first described in 1818 by Elias Magnus Fries.[3][2] The type species is Dothidea sambuci.[1][2]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

Species Fungorum lists up to 387 records of Dothidea species, but only the above list have stayed as Dothidea, the rest have been moved to various families and genera.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mycobank: Dothidea". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Fries, E.M. (1818). Observationes mycologicae. Vol. 2. p. 347.
  3. ^ a b c "Dothidea". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Dothidea - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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