Leptosphaerulina

Leptosphaerulina is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[1] The genus was first described by Australian plant pathologist Daniel McAlpine in 1902.[2]

Leptosphaerulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subdivision:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Order:
incertae sedis
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Leptosphaerulina

McAlpine
Type species
Leptosphaerulina australis
McAlpine
Species

Species include:

Situation: A range of cool season grasses.

Turf damage: Uniform yellow or brown lesions may extend down to the leaf sheath. Water-soaked lesions, which quickly fade to a bleached white, may also occur on the leaf blades.

Occurrence: Disease outbreaks can occur during warm, humid weather on fescue, ryegrass or bentgrass. Large turf areas become uniformly blighted or appear patchy with individual leaves dying back from the tip.

See also
  • List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. McAlpine D. (1902). Fungus diseases of stone-fruit trees in Australia and their treatment. p. 103.


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