Asperisporium is a genus of ascomycete fungi whose members are plant pathogens.[2][3]
| Asperisporium | |
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| Asperisporium caricae on papaya leaf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Asperisporium Maubl.[1] |
The genus is found in northern and southern America, parts of South Africa, India and the islands of Melanesia and Polynesia.[4]
Species
editAs accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]
- 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
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Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium -
Asperisporium caricae on a papaya fruit -
Close-up of Asperisporium caricae on a papaya
References
edit- ^ Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 29: 357, 1913
- ^ "Index Fungorum - Asperisporium minutulum". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ "Index Fungorum - Asperisporium caricae". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ "Asperisporium Maubl., 1913". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.