Stemphylium botryosum

Stemphylium botryosum (family Pleosporaceae, order Pleosporales) is a species of fungi and plant pathogen infecting several hosts including alfalfa, red clover, peanut, soybean, lentils, beet, tomato, lettuce, hemp and carnations.

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Dothideomycetes

Order:Pleosporales

Family:Pleosporaceae

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Stemphylium botryosum
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) with a Stemphylium botryosum infestation on the leaf tips.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Pleosporaceae
Genus:	Stemphylium
Species:	S. botryosum
Binomial name
Stemphylium botryosum Wallr., (1833)[1]
Synonyms
Pleospora tarda E.G. Simmons, Sydowia 38: 291 (1986) Stemphylium botryosum subsp. asperulum Sacc., Michelia 2(no. 7): 376 (1881) Stemphylium botryosum var. domesticum Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 4: 522 (1886) Stemphylium domesticum (Sacc.) Mussat, in Saccardo, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 15: 402 (1901) Stemphylium botryosum var. caulium Roum., Revue mycol., Toulouse 9(no. 33): 29 (1887) Stemphylium botryosum var. tragopogonis Linn, Phytopathology 32: 154 (1942) Stemphylium botryosum f. lactucum Padhi & Snyder, Phytopathology 44: 179 (1954) Stemphylium botryosum var. majus Bat. & J.L. Bezerra [as 'major'], Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 343: 17 (1962)

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It was originally found on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) in Ontario, Canada and named as Pleospora tarda E.G Simmons but it was later found to be the anamorph of Stemphylium botryosum Wallr. 1833.^[2]