| Botryosphaeria | |
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| Fruiting bodies of Botryosphaeria ribis , causal agent of Botryosphaeria canker on the host plant chokeberry | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Botryosphaeriales |
| Family: | Botryosphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Botryosphaeria Ces. & De Not. (1863) |
| Type species | |
| Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.) Ces. & De Not. (1863) | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Botryosphaeria is a genus of pathogenic fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. [2] There are 193 species, many of which are important disease-causing agents of various important agricultural crops.