Macrophomina
{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Macrophomina phaseolina.jpg
| image_alt = Black microsclerotia and orange pycnidia of "Macrophomina phaseolina" infecting "Pinus elliottii"
| image_caption = Black microsclerotia and orange pycnidia of Macrophomina phaseolina infecting Pinus elliottii
| taxon = Macrophomina
| authority = Petr. 1923
| type_species = M. phaseolina
| type_species_authority = (Tassi) Goid. 1947
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Macrophomina euphorbiicola
- Macrophomina phaseolina
- Macrophomina pseudophaseolina
- Macrophomina tecta
- Macrophomina vaccinii
}}
Macrophomina is a genus of plant pathogens in the fungus family Botryosphaeriaceae, originally described by Franz Petrak in 1923. It contains at least 5 species.
The type species was originally called M. philippinensis, but its current name is Macrophomina phaseolina; it causes charcoal rot disease on many diverse plant species. The former species Macrophomina limbalis has been renamed to Dothiorella limbalis.
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Category:Dothideomycetes genera
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