''Monochaetia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Sporocadaceae.
Species in the genus are typically plant
parasites and
saprobes, and cause
leaf spot
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diseases on various
hosts
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.
The genus ''Monochaetia'' was introduced by Allescher in 1902, it had 23 species originally. Allescher (1902) also designated the type as ''Monochaetia monochaeta'', which has a single apical appendage (Guba 1961; Maharachch. et al. 2014; Senanayake et al. 2015).
Steyaert (in 1949) transferred numerous ''Monochaetia'' species to ''
Pestalotiopsis
''Pestalotiopsis'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. ''Pestalotiopsis'' species are known as plant pathogens.
The genus name of ''Pestalotiopsis'' is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian botanist and doctor who worked ...
'' or ''
Truncatella''. More than 40 species of ''Monochaetia'' were recognised by the monograph of Guba (1961). There are 127 ''Monochaetia'' epithets in the Index Fungorum (as of 31 March 2022) and most have been transferred to other genera such as ''
Sarcostroma
''Sarcostroma'' is a genus of fungi in the family '' Sporocadaceae''. Most species of this genus are saprobes, endophytes or pathogens on leaves (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b, Norphanphoun et al. 2015, Farr & Rossman 2019).
The type specie ...
'', ''
Seimatosporium
Seimatosporium is a fungus genus within the family Sporocadaceae.
They are saprobic or pathogenic on plants, and are called 'pestalotioid fungi'. ''Seimatosporium physocarpi'' was found in Russia on the dead branches of ''Physocarpus opulifoli ...
'' and ''
Seiridium
''Lepteutypa'' is a genus of plant pathogens in the family Amphisphaeriaceae. First described by the Austrian mycologist Franz Petrak in 1923, the genus contains 10 species according to a 2008 estimate.
The genus ''Lepteutypa'' is teleomorphic ...
'' (Nag Raj 1993; Maharachch. et al. 2011, 2014, 2016).
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
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Monochaetia breviformis''
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Monochaetia caffra''
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Monochaetia camelliae''
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Monochaetia carissae''
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Monochaetia caryotae''
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Monochaetia castaneae''
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Monochaetia compta''
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Monochaetia concentrica''
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Monochaetia cornicola
''Monochaetia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporocadaceae. Species in the genus are typically plant parasites and saprobes, and cause leaf spot diseases on various hosts.
The genus ''Monochaetia'' was introduced by Allescher in 1902, it ...
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Monochaetia cryptomeriae
''Monochaetia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporocadaceae. Species in the genus are typically plant parasites and saprobes, and cause leaf spot diseases on various hosts.
The genus ''Monochaetia'' was introduced by Allescher in 1902, it ...
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Monochaetia curtisii
''Monochaetia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporocadaceae. Species in the genus are typically plant parasites and saprobes, and cause leaf spot diseases on various hosts.
The genus ''Monochaetia'' was introduced by Allescher in 1902, it ...
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Monochaetia cycadis''
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Monochaetia dalbergiae''
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Monochaetia dimorphospora''
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Monochaetia diospyri''
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Monochaetia elaeocarpi''
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Monochaetia garciniae''
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Monochaetia hirta''
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Monochaetia hysteriiformis''
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Monochaetia ilicina''
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Monochaetia ilicis''
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Monochaetia jabalpurensis''
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Monochaetia junipericola''
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Monochaetia karstenii''
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Monochaetia lentisci''
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Monochaetia mangiferae''
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Monochaetia massachusettsianum''
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Monochaetia monochaeta''
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Monochaetia nodosporella''
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Monochaetia osyridella''
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Monochaetia pachyspora''
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Monochaetia punicae''
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Monochaetia quercus''
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Monochaetia rhododendricola''
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Monochaetia rosenwaldii''
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Monochaetia rubi''
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Monochaetia russeliae''
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Monochaetia sabinae''
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Monochaetia saccardoi''
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Monochaetia salaccae''
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Monochaetia schini''
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Monochaetia seiridioides''
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Monochaetia sinensis''
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Monochaetia taphrinicola''
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Monochaetia vernoniae''
References
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Amphisphaeriales
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
Sordariomycetes genera