| 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 | |
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Tapesia acuformis Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous |
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| Synonyms | |
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Oculimacula acuformis (Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous & W. Gams |
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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.