Pyrenochaeta is a genus of fungus.

Pyrenochaeta
Tomato roots showing symptoms of corky root rot caused by "Pyrenochaeta lycopersici"
Tomato roots showing symptoms of corky root rot caused by Pyrenochaeta lycopersici
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Pyrenochaeta
Species[1]

It includes the species Pyrenochaeta romeroi.[2] Can cause a disease called eumycetoma.

Other species include:

References

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  1. ^ "Pyrenochaeta". MycoBank. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ Desnos-Ollivier M, Bretagne S, Dromer F, Lortholary O, Dannaoui E (October 2006). "Molecular identification of black-grain mycetoma agents". J. Clin. Microbiol. 44 (10): 3517–23. doi:10.1128/JCM.00862-06. PMC 1594755. PMID 17021076.