Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides is a fungal plant pathogen that infects the commercial crops rye and wheat.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Genus: | Phaeosphaeria |
Species: | P. herpotrichoides
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Binomial name | |
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides | |
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It is common in Iceland where it infects a range of host species, including the wood of Betula pubescens, and the leaves of Dactylis glomerata, Deschampsia caespitosa, Kobresia myosuroides, Leymus arenarius, Luzula spicata, Milium effusum, Phleum pratense, Poa alpina, Poa glauca and Poa nemoralis.[1]
References
edit- ^ Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X