Boeremia exigua
Species of fungus
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Boeremia exigua is the type species of the fungus genus, Boeremia, in the Didymellaceae family.[1] It was first described as Phoma exigua by John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières in 1849,[2][3] and transferred to the genus, Boeremia, by M.M. Aveskamp, J. de Gruyter, J.H.C. Woudenberg, G.J.M. Verkley and P.W. Crous in 2010.[2][1]
| Boeremia exigua | |
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| Phoma exigua spores | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Didymellaceae |
| Genus: | Boeremia |
| Species: | B. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Boeremia exigua (Desm.) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley (2010) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phoma exigua Sacc. (1879) | |
Desmazières describes the species as occurring on stems and dried leaves, with two varieties: one of which is found on the stems and leaves of a Polygonum species, and the other on the stems and leaves of Ranunculus.[3]
It causes wet weather blight in cotton and it can be treated with systemic copper.