Pterosporidium is a genus of fungi in the Phyllachoraceae family.[1] The genus contain two widely distributed species that grow on mangrove leaves.[2]
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| Genus: | Pterosporidium W.H. Ho & K.D. Hyde
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| Pterosporidium rhizophorae (Vizioli) W.H. Ho & K.D. Hyde
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References
edit- ^ Ho WH, Hyde KD (1996). "Pterosporidium gen. nov. to accommodate two species of anthostomella from mangrove leaves". Canadian Journal of Botany. 41 (11): 1826–29. doi:10.1139/b96-219.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 576. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.