Pyrenophora (genus)

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Pyrenophora A+B) sterile ascomata (P. campanulata), C) protoascomata (P. erythrospila), D) protoascoma (P. erythrospila), E-H) conidiophores (P. fugax, P. novozelandica, P. erythrospila, P. fugax), I+J) conidia (P. erythrospila, P. fugax), K) chlamydospores of P. tetrarrhenae - scale bars: A = 50 μm, D = 20 μm, G–K = 10 μm (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Y.Marin-Felix et al.
Source: Studies in Mycology (2019) 94, p. 63

Pyrenophora Fr. 1849

The genus contains around 200 species of fungi, several are important plant pathogens infecting mainly cereals and grasses, others are saprobes. The asexual forms have been previously described under the genus Drechslera. The members of the genus form cylindrical conidia, rounded at the ends, coloured pale to dark brown. The ascospores are filiform, with septae and hyaline.

Type species: Pyrenophora phaeocomes


Currently, the following species have been entered into the system: