Phyllachora

Phyllachora is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae.^[1] An Outline of Fungi in 2020 listed up to 1513 species.^[2]

Phyllachora
Phyllachora graminis on grass leaf
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Phyllachorales
Family:	Phyllachoraceae
Genus:	Phyllachora Nitschke ex Fuckel (1870)
Type species
Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel (1870)
Species
See text

Phyllachora queenslandica (from Australia) is found on shrub Neolitsea dealbata.^[3]

Species

A selected few are shown here;

• Phyllachora arthraxonis
• Phyllachora banksiae
• Phyllachora cannabis
• Phyllachora chloridis
• Phyllachora chrysopogonicola
• Phyllachora cynodonticola
• Phyllachora cynodontis
• Phyllachora eleusines
• Phyllachora ermidensis
• Phyllachora furnasensis
• Phyllachora graminis
• Phyllachora gratissima
• Phyllachora hainanensis^[4]
• Phyllachora jianfengensis
• Phyllachora keralensis
• Phyllachora leveilleana
• Phyllachora maydis (causes Tar spot on corn)^[5]
• Phyllachora melicicola
• Phyllachora microstegia
• Phyllachora miscanthi
• Phyllachora musicola
• Phyllachora panicicola
• Phyllachora pennisetina
• Phyllachora phyllostachydis
• Phyllachora pogonatheri
• Phyllachora pomigena
• Phyllachora phyllostachydis Hara, 1913
• Phyllachora qualeae
• Phyllachora sacchari
• Phyllachora thysanolaenae
• Phyllachora tjapukiensis
• Phyllachora truncatispora
• Phyllachora vulgata

See List of Phyllachora species (for full list of species)

References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
3. Pearce, Ceridwen A.; Hyde, Kevin D. (November 1993). "The genus Phyllachora from Australia: P. queenslandica and notes on P. apiculata from Neolitsea". Mycological Research. 97 (11): 1328–1332.
4. Liu N, Wang L, Huang G, Guo L (2015). "Phyllachora hainanensis sp. nov. from China". Mycotaxon. 130: 237–239. doi:10.5248/130.237.
5. Valle-Torres, J.; Ross, T. J.; Plewa, D.; Avellaneda, M. C.; Check, J.; Chilvers, M. I.; Cruz, A. P.; Dalla Lana, F.; Groves, C.; Gongora-Canul, C.; Henriquez-Dole, L.; Jamann, T.; Kleczewski, N.; Lipps, S.; Malvick, D.; McCoy, A. G.; Mueller, D. S.; Paul, P. A.; Puerto, J.C.; Schloemer, C.; Raid, R. N.; Robertson, A.; Roggenkamp, E. M.; Smith, D. L.; Telenko, D. E. P.; Cruz, C. D. (October 2020). "Tar Spot: An Understudied Disease Threatening Corn Production in the Americas". Plant Disease. 104. (10). doi:10.1094/PDIS-02-20-0449-FE.