| Crivellia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Pleosporomycetidae |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Crivellia Shoemaker & Inderbitzin |
| Type species | |
| Crivellia papaveracea (De Not.) Shoemaker & Inderb. |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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1863 Cucurbitaria papaveracea De Not. |
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Crivellia is a genus of fungi in the family Pleosporaceae.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Crivellia papaveracea, which causes leaf blight of opium poppy. The fungus is found in Europe, Australia, India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, USA and Zambia.[1]