Cercospora
{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| 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 = *Cercosporina {{small|Speg. (1910)}}
- Virgasporium {{small|Cooke (1875)}}
}}
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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- Cercospora acetosella - found on sheep sorrel and other docks
- Cercospora aciculina
- Cercospora agerati
- Cercospora alabemensis
- Cercospora alismatis
- Cercospora althaeina
- Cercospora angreci - causes leaf spot of orchids
- Cercospora angulata
- Cercospora apii - causes leaf spot on celery, and found on other plants, including Impatiens
- Cercospora apii f.sp. clerodendri
- Cercospora apiicola - causes leaf spot on celery
- Cercospora arachidicola - causes peanut leaf spot
- Cercospora arctii
- Cercospora arctii-ambrosiae
- Cercospora asparagi - found on asparagus
- Cercospora atro-marginalis
- Cercospora atrofiliformis - causes "black stripe" on sugarcane
- Cercospora beticola - causes leaf spot on Beta vulgaris and spinach
- Cercospora bolleana - found on figs
- Cercospora bougainvilleae
- Cercospora brachiata
- Cercospora byliana
- Cercospora brachypus - found on grapes
- Cercospora brassicicola - infests many cole crops
- Cercospora brunkii - found on Pelargonium and Geranium.{{Cite web|url=http://koix.kisti.re.kr/KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO199904637432174|title = 과학기술 지식정보 식별체계}}{{Citation| last1 = Horst | first1 = Kenneth| last2 = Rev | first2 = By R. Cynthia Westcott| year = 2001 | title = Westcott's plant disease handbook| pages = 245, 678| isbn = 0-7923-8663-9| publisher = Kluwer Academic Publishers| location = Boston, Mass. }}
- Cercospora bunchosiae
- Cercospora canescens
- Cercospora cannabis - causes olive leaf spot on Cannabis spp., and is found on hops
- Cercospora cantuariensis - found on hops
- Cercospora capsici - causes "frogeye" leaf spot on peppers
- Cercospora caribaea
- Cercospora carotae - causes carrot leaf blight
- Cercospora circumscissa - causes brown shot hole on Prunus subg. Cerasus
- Cercospora citrullina - causes "cucurbit leaf spot" on watermelon and cucumber plants
- Cercospora clemensiae
- Cercospora coffeicola - infests coffee plants
- Cercospora coryli - found on hazels
- Cercospora corylina - found on hazels
- Cercospora eleusine - causes leaf spot of Finger millet
- Cercospora cf. flagellaris syn. C. piaropi{{cite journal | last1=Groenewald | first1=J.Z. | last2=Nakashima | first2=C. | last3=Nishikawa | first3=J. | last4=Shin | first4=H.-D. | last5=Park | first5=J.-H. | last6=Jama | first6=A.N. | last7=Groenewald | first7=M. | last8=Braun | first8=U. | last9=Crous | first9=P.W. | title=Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses | journal=Studies in Mycology | publisher=Westerdijk Institute (Elsevier) | volume=75 | year=2013 | issue=1 | issn=0166-0616 | doi=10.3114/sim0012 | pages=115–170| pmid=24014899 | pmc=3713887 }}
- Cercospora fragariae - causes strawberry leaf spot
- Cercospora fuchsiae
- Cercospora fusca
- Cercospora fusimaculans - found on many grasses
- Cercospora gerberae
- Cercospora halstedii
- Cercospora handelii
- Cercospora hayi
- Cercospora hydrangeae
- Cercospora kaki
- Cercospora kikuchii - causes leaf blight and purple seed stain on soybean
- Cercospora lentis - found on lentil
- Cercospora liquidambaris
- Cercospora longipes - causes brown spot on sugarcane
- Cercospora longissima - found in several types of lettuce
- Cercospora malloti - found on Mallotus species in Thailand{{cite journal |last1=Phengsintham |first1=P |last2=Braun |first2=U |last3=McKenzie |first3=EHC |last4=Chukeatirote |first4=E |last5=Cai |first5=L |last6=Hyde |first6=KD |title=Monograph of Cercosporoid fungi from Thailand |journal=Plant Pathology & Quarantine |date=2013 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=67–138 |doi=10.5943/ppq/3/2/2|doi-access=free }}
- Cercospora mamaonis - found on papaya
- Cercospora mangiferae - causes mango leaf spot
- Cercospora medicaginis - found on alfalfa
- Cercospora melongenae
- Cercospora minima - found on pear leaves
- Cercospora minuta
- Cercospora musae - found on banana
- Cercospora nicotianae - causes "frogeye" spot on tobacco
- Cercospora odontoglossi
- Cercospora oryzae
- Cercospora papayae - found on papaya
- Cercospora penniseti - causes leaf spot on pearl millet
- Cercospora personata - causes brown or blackish leaf spots in ground nuts tikka disease
- Cercospora piaropi - see syn. C. cf. flagellaris above
- Cercospora pisa-sativae - causes leaf spot on peas
- Cercospora platanicola - found on sycamores
- Cercospora puderii
- Cercospora pulcherrima
- Cercospora rhapidicola
- Cercospora rosicola - found on roses
- Cercospora rubrotincta - found on various drupes
- Cercospora sojina - causes frogeye leaf spot on soybean
- Cercospora solani - infests potato plants
- Cercospora solani-tuberosi
- Cercospora sorghi
- Cercospora theae
- Cercospora tuberculans
- Cercospora vexans
- Cercospora vicosae
- Cercospora zeae-maydis - causes a disease in cereals called grey leaf spot
- Cercospora zebrina
- Cercospora zonata
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References
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
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Cercospora}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925080924/http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr/jan2006/2005-79.asp Photos of Impatiens leaf spot]
- [http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r102100211.html IPM for carrot leaf blight]
- [http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/Crop/Type/cer_prim.htm Cercospora Primer]
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Category:Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Category:Mycosphaerellaceae genera