Cercospora
| Cercospora | |
|---|---|
| Cercospora beticola on sugar beet | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Cercospora Fresen. ex Fuckel (1863) |
| Type species | |
| Cercospora apii Fresen. (1863) | |
| Species | |
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3,000+, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus Mycosphaerella. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi, but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the best-known members of the genus.
It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.
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