Pseudocercospora
Sign in to savePseudocercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the rubber tree. The widely distributed genus is concentrated predominantly in tropical regions. Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.
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- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassDothideomycetes
- OrderMycosphaerellales
- FamilyMycosphaerellaceae
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Pseudocercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the rubber tree. The widely distributed genus is concentrated predominantly in tropical regions. Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.
==Species== , the GBIF lists up to 1,540 species, while Species Fungorum lists about 1,517 species (out of 1,660 records). Over 1000 species are accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.