Distocercospora
Genus of fungi
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Distocercospora is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1988 with Distocercospora pachyderma as the type species in 1988.[1]
| Distocercospora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Mycosphaerellales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Distocercospora N.Pons & B.Sutton (1988) |
| Type species | |
| Distocercospora pachyderma | |
They are distributed on the islands of Japan, Micronesia and Polynesia.[2]
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]
- Distocercospora africana Crous & U. Braun (1994)
- Distocercospora indica N.K. Verma & A.N. Rai (2014)
- Distocercospora pachyderma (Syd. & P. Syd.) N. Pons & B. Sutton (1988)
Former species,
- D. livistonae U. Braun & C.F. Hill (2006) = Exosporium livistonicola, Ascomycota