Rhytisma

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

Rhytisma acerinum
Rhytisma andromedae
Rhytisma anhuiense
Rhytisma asteris
Rhytisma decolorans
Rhytisma eucalypti
Rhytisma himalense
Rhytisma huangshanense
Rhytisma ilicis-canadensis
Rhytisma ilicis-integrae
Rhytisma ilicis-latifoliae
Rhytisma ilicis-pedunculosae
Rhytisma itatiaiae
Rhytisma lagerstroemiae
Rhytisma panamense
Rhytisma prini
Rhytisma priscum
Rhytisma punctatum
Rhytisma salicinum
Rhytisma umbonatum
Rhytisma velatum
Rhytisma yuexiense

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 602. ISBN 9780851998268.

External links

Rhytisma in Index Fungorum.