Asperisporium

Asperisporium is a genus of ascomycete fungi whose members are plant pathogens.[2][3]

Asperisporium
Asperisporium caricae on papaya leaf
Asperisporium caricae on papaya leaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Asperisporium
Maubl.[1]

The genus is found in northern and southern America, parts of South Africa, India and the islands of Melanesia and Polynesia.[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]

  • Asperisporium acori Tehon (1948)
  • Asperisporium asclepiadis (Ellis & Everh.) Deighton (1976)
  • Asperisporium caricae (Speg.) Maubl. (1913)
  • Asperisporium caricicola Crous & C. Nakash. (2015)
  • Asperisporium cassiae (Syd.) Deighton (1976)
  • Asperisporium galactiae A. Hern.-Gut., Z.M. Chaves & Dianese (2015)
  • Asperisporium gnaphaliatum (Bonar) U. Braun (2000)
  • Asperisporium mikaniigena (J.M. Yen & Lim) R.W. Barreto (1995)
  • Asperisporium minutulum (Sacc.) Deighton (1976)
  • Asperisporium moringae (Thirum. & Govindu) Deighton (1976)
  • Asperisporium musicola Matsush. (1975)
  • Asperisporium pongamiae-pinnatae Khawar, A. Kumar, Bhat & C. Nakash. (2012)
  • Asperisporium rafinesquiae (Harkn.) U. Braun & Crous (2007)
  • Asperisporium robur (Tho) U. Braun & Melnik (1996)
  • Asperisporium vasconcelliae (Speg.) U. Braun (2000)

Former species;

  • A. juniperinum (Georgescu & Badea) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Phaeocercospora juniperina, Capnodiales
  • A. mikaniae (Ellis & Everh.) R.W. Barreto (1995) = Passalora mikaniigena, Mycosphaerellaceae
  • A. peucedani (Ellis & Holw.) Maubl. (1913) = Fusicladium peucedani, Venturiaceae
  • A. pongamiae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Deighton (1976) = Pedrocrousiella pongamiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
  • A. sequoiae (Ellis & Everh.) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Passalora sequoiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
  • A. vitiphyllum (Speschnew) Deighton (1975) = Sultanimyces vitiphyllus, Mycosphaerellaceae
  • Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium
    Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium
  • Asperisporium caricae on a papaya fruit
    Asperisporium caricae on a papaya fruit
  • Close-up of Asperisporium caricae on a papaya
    Close-up of Asperisporium caricae on a papaya

References
  1. Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 29: 357, 1913
  2. "Index Fungorum - Asperisporium minutulum". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  3. "Index Fungorum - Asperisporium caricae". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  4. "Asperisporium Maubl., 1913". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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