Ophiosphaerella Narmari
''Ophiosphaerella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. The genus was described by Italian-Argentinian botanist and mycologist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1909. Several species are pathogens of turfgrass, causing darkly pigmented hyphae on roots known as "dead spot". '' Ophiosphaerella korrae'', '' O. narmari'', and '' O. herpotricha'' affect bermudagrass (''Cynodon'' species), while the latter fungus also causes dead spot in buffalo grass Buffalo grass may refer to * Buffalo grass, sweet vernal grass or vanilla grass (''Anthoxanthum odoratum'') * Buffalo grass (''Bouteloua dactyloides'') * Buffalo grass (''Brachiaria mutica'') * Buffalo grass or sweet grass (''Hierochloe odorata'') ... (''Bouteloua dactyloides''). '' Ophiosphaerella korrae'' is a cause of necrotic ring spot in creeping red fescue (''Festuca rubra''). References Dothideomycetes genera Phaeosphaeriaceae {{Pleosporales stub ...
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