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Peyronellaea

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Phylum
  
Ascomycota

Order
  
Pleosporales

Family
  
Didymellaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Pleosporomycetidae

Similar
  
Phoma glomerata, Pleosporales, Phoma, Didymella, Pyrenochaeta

Peyronellaea is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens.

Taxonomy

Following a phylogenetic analysis of the asexual genus Phoma, section Peyronellaea was raised to the rank of genus. It contains many of the chlamydospore forming species of that genus, from both section Peyronellaea and other sections.

Species include:

  • Peyronellaea alectorolophi
  • Peyronellaea americana
  • Peyronellaea arachidicola
  • Peyronellaea aurea
  • Peyronellaea australis
  • Peyronellaea calorpreferens
  • Peyronellaea coffeae-arabicae
  • Peyronellaea curtisii
  • Peyronellaea eucalyptica
  • References

    Peyronellaea Wikipedia