Asperisporium caricae

Asperisporium caricae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Subclass:	Incertae sedis
Order:	Incertae sedis
Family:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Asperisporium
Species:	A. caricae
Binomial name
*Asperisporium caricae* (Speg.) Maubl. (1913)
Synonyms
Cercospora caricae Speg. (1886) Epiclinium cumminsii Massee (1898) Fusicladium caricae (Speg.) Sacc. Pucciniopsis caricae (Speg.) Höhn. (1923) Pucciniopsis caricae Earle Scolicotrichum caricae Ellis & Everh.

Asperisporium caricae is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen, found in North and South America. It is responsible for the black spot disease on papaya trees.

External links

Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/pi/files/2013/01/npa01-01_blkspot.pdf

References

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