Rhytisma (fungus)
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| Rhytisma | |
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| Rhytisma acerinum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Rhytismatales |
| Family: | Rhytismataceae |
| Genus: | Rhytisma Fr. (1818) |
| Type species | |
| Rhytisma acerinum (Pers.) Fr. (1818) | |
Rhytisma is a genus of fungi in the Rhytismataceae family[1] commonly known as 'tar spot'. There are about 18 species,[2] which live parasitically in the leaves of deciduous trees.