Magnaporthe

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = Rice blast Magnaporthe grisea.jpg

| image_alt = A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the 'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with "Magnaporthe grisea"

| image_caption = A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the 'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with Magnaporthe grisea

| taxon = Magnaporthe

| authority = R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972)

| type_species = Magnaporthe salvinii

| type_species_authority = (Catt.) R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = M. grisea

M. oryzae

M. poae

M. rhizophila

M. salvinii

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Magnaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several of the species are cereal pathogens. There are five species in the widespread genus.

References

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{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=399 |isbn=9780851998268}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Krause RA, Webster RK |title=The morphology, taxonomy and sexuality of the rice stem rot fungus, Magnaporthe salvinii |journal=Mycologia |year=1972 |volume=64 |pages=103–114 |jstor=3758018 |doi=10.2307/3758018}}

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Category:Sordariomycetes genera

Category:Magnaporthales

Category:Fungal plant pathogens and diseases

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