Rhytisma

This article is about the fungus. For the coral, see Rhytisma (coral).
Rhytisma
Rhytisma acerinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Rhytismatales
Family: Rhytismataceae
Genus: Rhytisma
Fr. (1818)
Type species
Rhytisma acerinum
(Pers.) Fr. (1818)

Rhytisma is a genus of fungi in the Rhytismataceae family[1] commonly known as 'tar spot'. There are about 18 species,[2] which live parasitically in the leaves of deciduous trees.

Species

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 602. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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