Bipolaris

Bipolaris
Bipolaris leaf blight of kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Bipolaris
Shoemaker (1959)
Type species
Bipolaris maydis
(Y.Nisik. & C.Miyake) Shoemaker (1959)

Bipolaris is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Pleosporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Robert A. Shoemaker in 1959.

It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.

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