''Camarosporium'' is a genus of
fungi belonging to the order
Pleosporales
The Pleosporales is the largest order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate it contains 23 families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying plant material in fresh water, marin ...
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and originally placed in family
Coniothyriaceae.
It was then placed in the family
Camarosporiaceae with another genus ''
Camarosporomyces''.
This has been accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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''Camarosporium quaternatum'' has been found on twigs of ''
Lycium barbarum'' (
Solanaceae
The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...
family) and also on twigs of ''
Daphne mezereum'' (in
Thymelaeaceae family).
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In ]Aleppo
)), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black".
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, Syria ''Camarosporium dalmaticum'' (syn ''Sphaeropsis dalmatica'') causes olive drupe rot disease on Olive trees.
Species
, the GBIF lists up to 300 species,
References
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Pleosporales
Dothideomycetes genera