Cercospora

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = Cercospora beticola on sugar beet.jpeg

| image_caption = Cercospora beticola on sugar beet

| taxon = Cercospora

| authority = Fresen. ex Fuckel (1863)

| type_species = Cercospora apii

| type_species_authority = Fresen. (1863)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 3,000+, see text

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Cercosporina {{small|Speg. (1910)}}

  • Virgasporium {{small|Cooke (1875)}}

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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.{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=Laith Khalil Tawfeeq |last3=Al-Ani |last4=Somayeh |first4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free }} 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.

Selected species

The GBIF accepts 837 species (as of July 2023);{{cite web |title=Cercospora Fresenius, 1863 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5237122 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=en}} See also List of Cercospora species

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References

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{{cite web |title=Synonymy. Current Name: Cercospora Fresen. ex Fuckel, Hedwigia 2(15): 133 (1863) |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=7545 |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=27 June 2022}}

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Further reading

  • Chupp C, 1954. A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. Ithaca, New York, USA: C. Chupp.
  • Groenewald, M., et al. (2006). Host range of Cercospora apii and C. beticola and description of C. apiicola, a novel species from celery. Mycologia 98:2