Tapesia acuformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Ascomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Dermateaceae |
Genus: | Tapesia |
Species: | T. acuformis |
Binomial name | |
Tapesia acuformis Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous |
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Synonyms | |
Oculimacula acuformis (Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous & W. Gams |
Oculimacula acuformis (Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous & W. Gams
Ramulispora acuformis (Nirenberg) Crous 1995
Tapesia yallundae var. acuformis Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers 1992
Tapesia acuformis is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases. The anamorph of T. acuformis was formerly known as the R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The W-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides is now known as Tapesia yallundae.