Pyricularia
Sign in to savePyricularia is a genus of fungi which was named by Saccardo in 1880.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderMagnaporthales
- FamilyPyriculariaceae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Mycosphaerellaceae
- Collections
- BPI, UFPE, UFV, UEFS
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Japan, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Pathogenicity
- Sexual morphs
- Species
- Taxonomy
- Family
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Pyricularia is a genus of fungi which was named by Saccardo in 1880.
The polyphyletic nature of Pyricularia has been resolved and species of Pyricularia s. str. were shown to belong to a monophyletic clade (including Pyricularia grisea isolates), defining the family Pyriculariaceae.
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