Kingdom Fungi Genus Gaeumannomyces Higher classification Gaeumannomyces graminis Order Magnaporthales | Family Magnaporthaceae Phylum Ascomycota Rank Subspecies Subclass Sordariomycetidae | |
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Scientific name Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis Similar Gaeumannomyces, Sac fungi, Gaeumannomyces graminis, Magnaporthe poae, Phialophora | ||
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis is a plant pathogen. This fungal pathogen produces extensive damage on the sheath of rice, causing black spots which protrude from the infected. This pathogen also generates a discoloration in the foliage of a plant which tends to show a straw orange colouration.
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