Platypeltella

Platypeltella is a genus of fungi in the family Microthyriaceae.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by Austrian-Czech mycologist Franz Petrak in 1929, with Platypeltella smilacis as the type and only species.^[3] Platypeltella remained monotypic until P. angustispora was added in 1969.^[4] A third species, P. irregularis, was described in 1982. All species grow as plant pathogens on monocot hosts.^[5]

Platypeltella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Microthyriales
Family:	Microthyriaceae
Genus:	Platypeltella Petr. (1929)
Type species
Platypeltella smilacis Petr. (1929)
Species
P. angustispora P. irregularis P. smilacis
Synonyms[1]
Asterinopeltis Bat. & H.Maia (1958)

References

1. "Synonymy: Platypeltella Petr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
3. Sydow H, Petrak F (1929). "Fungi costaricensis a cl. Prof. Alberto M. Brenes collecti". Annales Mycologici (in German). 27 (1–2): 1–86 (see p. 62).
4. Farr ML, Pollack FG (1969). "A new species of Platypeltella from Mexico". Mycologia. 61 (1): 191–195. doi:10.2307/3757361.
5. Farr ML (1982). "A third species of Platypeltella (Microthyriaceae)". Mycotaxon. 15: 448–452.