''Pseudocercospora'' 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
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
. An
anamorphic version of the genus ''
Mycosphaerella
''Mycosphaerella'' is a genus of ascomycota. With more than 10,000 species, it is the largest genus of plant pathogen fungi.
The following introduction about the fungal genus ''Mycosphaerella'' is copied (with permission) from the dissertation o ...
'', ''Pseudocercospora'' species are
plant pathogens
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the
rubber tree
''Hevea brasiliensis'', the Pará rubber tree, ''sharinga'' tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now ...
. The widely distributed genus has been estimated to contain over 1100 species, concentrated predominantly in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
regions.
[ ''Pseudocercospora'' was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.][
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Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Mycosphaerellaceae genera
Taxa named by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini
Taxa described in 1910
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