Asperisporium caricae

Asperisporium caricae is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen, found in North and South America. It is responsible for the black spot disease on papaya trees. It affects generally leaves and fruits at any time. Sporodochia of Asperisporium caricae was growing under side of leaf, dark blackish brown to black, stroma well-developed, erumpent.

Asperisporium caricae
Asperisporium caricae on papaya leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Asperisporium
Species:	A. caricae
Binomial name
Asperisporium caricae (Speg.) Maubl. (1913)
Synonyms
Cercospora caricae Speg. (1886) Epiclinium cumminsii Massee (1898) Fusicladium caricae (Speg.) Sacc. Pucciniopsis caricae (Speg.) Höhn. (1923) Pucciniopsis caricae Earle Scolicotrichum caricae Ellis & Everh.

Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium.