Agroathelia coffeicola

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

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] [5]}

References

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 (4): 865–880. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID   20648753.
2. Redhead SA, Mullineux ST (2023). "Nomenclatural novelties". Index Fungorum. 554: 1.
3. 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. doi: 10.15560/14.1.93 .
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.
5. Gasparotto L, Ferreira AF, Schurt DA, Pereira MC (2025). "Espécies de plantas afetadas pelo fungo Agroathelia coffeicola". Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental. Circular técnica. 92: 1–7.