Pseudocercospora
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Pseudocercospora is a genus
of ascomycete
fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella
, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens. The widely distributed genus has been estimated to contain over 1100 species, concentrated predominantly in tropical regions. Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini
in 1910.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of ascomycete
Ascomycota
The Ascomycota are a Division/Phylum of the kingdom Fungi, and subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the Sac fungi. They are the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species...
fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella
Mycosphaerella
Mycosphaerella is a genus of sac fungi. With more than 10,000 species, it is the largest genus of plant pathogen fungi....
, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens. The widely distributed genus has been estimated to contain over 1100 species, concentrated predominantly in tropical regions. Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini
Carlos Luigi Spegazzini
Carlos Luis Spegazzini, or Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, was an Italian-Argentinian botanist and mycologist. Spegazzini published about 100 scientific papers on vascular plants, describing around 1000 new taxa...
in 1910.