Platypeltella
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| Platypeltella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Asterinales |
| Family: | Asterinaceae |
| Genus: | Platypeltella Petr. (1929) |
| Type species | |
| Platypeltella smilacis Petr. (1929) | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Platypeltella is a genus of fungi in the family Microthyriaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Austrian-Czech mycologist Franz Petrak in 1929, with Platypeltella smilacis as the type and only species.[3] Platypeltella remained monotypic until P. angustispora was added in 1969.[4] A third species, P. irregularis, was described in 1982. All species grow as plant pathogens on monocot hosts.[5]
