Pestalotiopsis (anamorphic genus)
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Authors: P.W. Crous et al.
Source: Studies in Mycology (2019) 94, p. 220
Pestalotiopsis Steyaert 1949
This genus includes mainly asexual species with appendage-bearing conidia. Many species are plant pathogens, while others are saprobes or endophytes. The pathogenic species cause diseases like cankers, leaf spots, blights, dieback and chlorosis, often with ecocomic losses. For example, the species Pestalotiopsis microspora, P. sydowiana and P. guepinii are widely distributed, causing diseases like blights and leaf spots on a variety of crops and ornamentals.
The genus has been originally separated from closely related genera by morphological features. E.g. the conidia have 5 cells in contrast to the genus Pestalotia with 6-celled conidia. Current classification is based on the nucleotide sequences of several genes.
Type species: Pestalotiopsis guepinii.
For taxonomic reviews, see Liu et al. (2019) and Maharachchikumbura et al. (2014).
The following species are currently entered under Pestalotiopsis (genus):
