Kingdom Fungi Class Ascomycetes Scientific name Tapesia acuformis | Genus Tapesia Rank Species | |
Similar Oculimacula, Ceratobasidium cornigerum, Aegilops ventricosa, Monographella nivalis var nivalis, Fusarium culmorum |
Tapesia acuformis is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases. The anamorph of T. acuformis was formerly known as the R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The W-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides is now known as Tapesia yallundae.
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