Paraphaeosphaeria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Didymosphaeriaceae |
Genus: | Paraphaeosphaeria O.E.Erikss. (1967) |
Type species | |
Paraphaeosphaeria michotii (Westend.) O.E.Erikss. (1967) |
Paraphaeosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the Didymosphaeriaceae family. [1] The genus has 23 species found in Europe and North America. Anamorph forms are found in the genus Paraconiothyrium . [2] The genus was circumscribed by O.E. Eriksson in 1967. [3]
Species Paraphaeosphaeria minitans W.A. Campb. (1947) (formerly Coniothyrium minitans) has been used as biological control agent against soilborne diseases such as Sclerotinia, Rhizoctonia, and Verticillium. [4]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [5]
Former species; [5]