Kingdom Fungi Class Dothideomycetes Family Mycosphaerellaceae Rank Species | Division Ascomycota Order Capnodiales Genus Stenella
Syd. (1930) | |
Stenella canavaliae or Stenella canavaliae-roseae, formerly known as Cercospora canavaliae is a species of anamorphic fungi. It causes the brown leaf mould of Canavalia species.
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Description
Belonging to the Stenella genus, this species is a Cercospora-like fungus with a superficial secondary mycelium, solitary conidiophores, conidiogenous cells with thickened and darkened conidiogenous loci and catenate or single conidia with dark, slightly thickened hila.
Distribution
It is found in tropical Asia, Africa and America, on C. Ensiformis and C. Rosea, and in South America on C. Plagiosperma.
References
Stenella canavaliae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA