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Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several of the species are cereal pathogens. There are five species in the widespread genus.[2]
Magnaporthe | |
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A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the 'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with Magnaporthe grisea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Magnaporthales |
Family: | Magnaporthaceae |
Genus: | Magnaporthe R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972)[1] |
Type species | |
Magnaporthe salvinii (Catt.) R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972) | |
Species | |