| Ceropsora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Coleosporiaceae |
| Genus: | Ceropsora B.K.Bakshi & Suj.Singh (1960) |
| Type species | |
| Ceropsora piceae (Barclay) B.K. Bakshi & Suj. Singh (1960) | |
Ceropsora is a genus of rust fungus in the family Coleosporiaceae.
The genus was thought to be monotypic, containing the single species Ceropsora piceae , found growing on spruce in India. [1] Until 2020, when Ceropsora weirii (H.S. Jacks.) Aime & McTaggart (2020) was published. It was formerly published as Chrysomyxa weiriiH.S. Jacks., Phytopathology 7: 353 in 1917. [2]