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Agroathelia coffeicola

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Agroathelia coffeicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Amylocorticiales
Genus: Agroathelia
Species:
A. coffeicola
Binomial name
Agroathelia coffeicola
(Stahel) Redhead
Synonyms

Sclerotium coffeicola Stahel

Agroathelia coffeicola is a sclerotial fungus, commonly called Sclerotium coffeicola, now classified in the order Amylocorticiales.[1][2] It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of target-spot disease of coffee and other tropical plants.[3] It is known from Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela, Panama and Sierra Leone.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Binder M, Larsson KH, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia. 102: 865–880.
  2. ^ Redhead SA, Mullineux ST (2023). "Nomenclatural novelties". Index Fungorum. 554: 1.
  3. ^ a b Kirschner R, Cácere O, Piepenbring M (2018). "Three new records of plant parasitic phyllosphere fungi from Panama: Annellophora phoenicis, Cercospora corniculatae, and Sclerotium coffeicola". Check List. 14: 93–100.
  4. ^ Pérez-Vera OA, Cibrián-Tovar D, Hanlin RT (2018). "Primera descripción de Sclerotium coffeicola en caoba africana en México". Rev Argent Microbiol. 50: 202–205.

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