Pyrenophora | |
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Pyrenophora seminiperda on cheat grass (Bromus secalinus L.) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Ascomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Pleosporaceae |
Genus: |
Pyrenophora Fr. |
Type species | |
Pyrenophora phaeocomes (Rebent.) Fr. |
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Species | |
Pyrenophora avenae |
Pyrenophora avenae
Pyrenophora chaetomioides
Pyrenophora graminea
Pyrenophora seminiperda
Pyrenophora teres
Pyrenophora teres f. maculata
Pyrenophora teres f. teres
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis
The fungal genus Pyrenophora includes 191 species [1], including the following plant pathogenic species: P. teres, P. graminea and P. tritici-repentis.
P. teres (teleomorph Drechslera teres) makes up to 3 conidia per conidiophore. It infects plants with an appressorium. It grows biotrophically 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.