Teratosphaeria | |
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Teratosphaeria maculiformis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Capnodiales |
Family: | Teratosphaeriaceae |
Genus: | Teratosphaeria Syd. & P.Syd. (1912) |
Type species | |
Teratosphaeria fibrillosa Syd. & P.Syd. (1912) [1] |
Teratosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Teratosphaeriaceae; [2] according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, it was placed in the Phaeosphaeriaceae, but the placement within this family was uncertain. [3] It was confirmed in 2020, within Teratosphaeriaceae by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. [4]
Species Teratosphaeria zuluensis (formerly Coniothyrium zuluense) is found on Eucalyptus camaldulensis in Ethiopia causing stem cankers. [5]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [6]