Peyronellaea

Peyronellaea is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens.

Peyronellaea
Peyronellaea pinodes causing necrotic lesions of leaves of field pea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Subclass:
Pleosporomycetidae
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Didymellaceae
Genus:
Peyronellaea

Goid. ex Togliani, emend. Aveskamp, Gruyter, & Verkley[1]
Type species
Peyronellaea glomerata (Corda) Goid. ex Togliani

Taxonomy

Following a phylogenetic analysis of the asexual genus Phoma, section Peyronellaea was raised to the rank of genus. It contains many of the chlamydospore forming species of that genus, from both section Peyronellaea and other sections.[2]

Species include:

  • Peyronellaea alectorolophi
  • Peyronellaea americana
  • Peyronellaea arachidicola
  • Peyronellaea aurea
  • Peyronellaea australis
  • Peyronellaea calorpreferens
  • Peyronellaea coffeae-arabicae
  • Peyronellaea curtisii
  • Peyronellaea eucalyptica

References
  1. Ann. Sperim. Agrar. II 6: 93. 1952
  2. Aveskamp, M.M.; de Gruyter, J.; Woudenberg, J.H.C.; Verkley, G.J.M.; Crous, P.W. (2010). "Highlights of the Didymellaceae: A polyphasic approach to characterise Phoma and related pleosporalean genera". Studies in Mycology. 65: 1–60. doi:10.3114/sim.2010.65.01. PMC 2836210. PMID 20502538.

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