Stegophora

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Stegophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Sydowiellaceae
Genus:Stegophora
Syd. & P. Syd.
Type species
Stegophora ulmea
(Fr.) Syd. & P. Syd.
Species

S. aemula
S. mali
S. oharana
S. ulmea

Stegophora is a genus of fungi in the family Sydowiellaceae.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Sydowiellaceae is family of fungi in the order Diaporthales.

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<i>Stegophora ulmea</i> species of fungus

Stegophora ulmea is a foliar disease of elms commonly known as black spot of elm, twig blight, and elm leaf scab. It is characterized by yellow spots that become black spots on the leaves. The pathogen is an ascomycete fungus native to North America. Stegophora ulmea is its teleomorph name. It has two anamorph names, Gloeosporium ulmicolom referring to the macroconidia stage and Cylindrosporella ulmea referring to the microconidia stage. This pathogen was formerly known as Gnomonia ulmea.

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