''Peyronellaea'' is a

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in the family

Didymellaceae The Didymellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. The have a world-wide distribution. Recent phylogenetic examination of some of the larger genera of the Pleosporales, particularly ''Phoma'', has led to considerable reorganisat ...

. It contains a number of

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s. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian

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(Mycology and Lichenology) from the

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. The genus was

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in Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei, Rendiconti Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. ser.8, vol.1 on page 450 in 1946.

Taxonomy

Following a

phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

analysis of the asexual genus ''

Phoma ''Phoma'' is a genus of common coelomycetous soil fungi. It contains many plant pathogenic species. Description Spores are colorless and unicellular. The pycnidia are black and depressed in the tissues of the host. ''Phoma'' is arbitrarily lim ...

'', section ''Peyronellaea'' was raised to the rank of genus. It contains many of the

chlamydospore A chlamydospore is the thick-walled large resting spore of several kinds of fungi, including Ascomycota such as '' Candida'', Basidiomycota such as ''Panus'', and various Mortierellales species. It is the life-stage which survives in unfavourable c ...

forming species of that genus, from both section ''Peyronellaea'' and other sections. Species include: * ''

Peyronellaea alectorolophi ''Peyronellaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology ...

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Peyronellaea americana ''Peyronellaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology ...

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Peyronellaea arachidicola ''Peyronellaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology ...

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Peyronellaea aurea ''Peyronellaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology ...

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Peyronellaea australis ''Peyronellaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology ...

'' * '' Peyronellaea calorpreferens'' * ''

Peyronellaea coffeae-arabicae ''Peyronellaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens. The genus name of ''Peyronellaea'' is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology ...

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Peyronellaea curtisii ''Peyronellaea curtisii'' (leaf scorch) is a fungal plant pathogen first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and received its current name in 2010. Formerly it was ''Stagonospora'' (syn. ''Stagonosporopsis'') ''curtisii''. It is a cause of leaf ...

'' * '' Peyronellaea eucalyptica''

References

Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Pleosporales Dothideomycetes genera {{fungus-plant-disease-stub