Pseudocercospora
Genus of fungi
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Pseudocercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the rubber tree.[1] The widely distributed genus is concentrated predominantly in tropical regions.[2] Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.[3]
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| Signs and symptoms caused by Pseudocercospora ulei (syn Microcyclus ulei) in Hevea brasiliensis leaflets. (A) Leaf deformation and sporulation of the GCL012 isolate 7 d post inoculation in RRIM 600. (B) Leaf showing the formation of stromatic structures of the isolate GCL012 at 24 dpi on RRIM 600. (C) A leaf of the clone FX 3864 showing the formation of chlorotic areas at 10 d post inoculation. (D) Germinating conidia of the GCL012 isolate. The germ tube can be observed (450X) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Mycosphaerellales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudocercospora Speg. (1910) |
| Type species | |
| Pseudocercospora vitis (Lév.) Speg. (1910) | |
Species
As of 5 September 2023[update], the GBIF lists up to 1,540 species,[4] while Species Fungorum lists about 1,517 species (out of 1,660 records).[5] Over 1000 species are accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.[6]
Selected species
- Pseudocercospora cannabinaa
- Pseudocercospora fuligena
- Pseudocercospora gunnerae
- Pseudocercospora kaki
- Pseudocercospora lophostemonicola
- Pseudocercospora mali
- Pseudocercospora musae
- Pseudocercospora puderi
- Pseudocercospora purpurea
- Pseudocercospora rhapisicola
- Pseudocercospora subsessilis
- Pseudocercospora theae
- Pseudocercospora ulei (formerly Microcyclus ulei[1])
- Pseudocercospora vitis
