Bipolaris

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Bipolaris leaf blight of Kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata (8247859592).jpg

| image_caption = Bipolaris leaf blight of kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata

| image_alt = Bipolaris leaf blight of Kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata

| taxon = Bipolaris

| authority = Shoemaker (1959)

| type_species = Bipolaris maydis

| type_species_authority = (Y.Nisik. & C.Miyake) Shoemaker (1959)

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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.

Species

{{As of|2023|August|9}}, the GBIF lists up to 71 species,{{cite web |title=Bipolaris Shoemaker |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2617116 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=en}} while Species Fungorum lists 78 species.{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Search Page - Pleospora |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=8 August 2023}}

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See Species Fungorum website for a list of about 59 former species of Bipolaris.

References

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{{cite journal |author=Shoemaker RA. |title=Nomenclature of Drechslera and Bipolaris, grass parasites segregated from Helminosporium |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |year=1959 |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=879–87 |doi=10.1139/b59-073}}

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