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Pyrenophora

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Pyrenophora
Pyrenophora seminiperda on cheat grass (Bromus secalinus L.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Pyrenophora
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Type species
Pyrenophora phaeocomes
(Rebent.) Fr.
Species

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The fungal genus Pyrenophora includes 108 species,[1] including the following plant pathogenic species: Pyrenophora teres, Pyrenophora graminea and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis.

Pyrenophora teres (has the teleomorph, Drechslera teres) makes up to 3 conidia per conidiophore. It infects plants with an appressorium. It grows bio-trophically in the first infected plant cell, but then switches to a necrotrophic growth mode. During necrotrophic growth, the fungus can only be found in the plant apoplast but not within plant cells.

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum (which has a list over 50 former species);[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Pyrenophora". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 8 August 2023.