''Pleospora'' is a

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of ascomycete

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. This genus was Species description, originally described by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1857 and was revised by Lewis Edgar Wehmeyer, Wehmeyer and Emil Müller (mycologist), Müller. There are an estimated 63 species.

Selected species

* ''Pleospora alfalfae'' * ''Pleospora allii'', Stemphylium leaf blight * ''Pleospora ambigua'' * ''Pleospora bardanae'' Niessl 1876 * ''Pleospora betae'' * ''Pleospora bjoerlingii'' * ''Pleospora eturmiuna'' * ''Pleospora gaudefroyi'', Patouillard, now in genus ''Decorospora'' * ''Pleospora gigaspora'' * ''Pleospora gracilariae'' * ''Pleospora halophila'' * ''Pleospora herbarum'' * ''Pleospora iqbalii'' * ''Pleospora lamnaria'' * ''Pleospora leptosphaerulinoides'' * ''Pleospora lycopersici'' * ''Pleospora mullerii'' * ''Pleospora paludiscirpi'' * ''Crivellia papaveracea, Pleospora papaveracea'', possible biocontrol for Papaver orientale, oriental poppy, now in genus ''Crivellia''. * ''Pleospora pelagica'' * ''Pleospora pelvetiae'' * ''Pleospora rubicunda'' * ''Pleospora rudis'' * ''Pleospora sedicola'' * ''Pleospora shepherdiae'', attacks dead twigs of ''Crataegus'' * ''Pleospora spartinae'' * ''Pleospora tarda'' * ''Pleospora theae'' * ''Pleospora tomatonis'' * ''Pleospora triglochinicola'' * ''Pleospora welwitschiae''

References

S.T. Tilak Two new species of ''Pleospora'' from India

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External links

Pleosporaceae Dothideomycetes genera {{Pleosporales stub