''Magnaporthe'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of ascomycete fungi. Several of the species are cereal

pathogen In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...

s. There are five species in the widespread genus.

References

Sordariomycetes genera Magnaporthales Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub