Botryosphaeriales

Botryosphaeriales
Phyllosticta cruenta on leaf of Polygonatum odoratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: incertae sedis
Order: Botryosphaeriales
C.L. Schoch, Crous & Shoemaker (2006)[1]

The Botryosphaeriales are an order of sac fungi (Ascomycetes), placed under class Dothideomycetes. Some species are parasites, causing leaf spot, plant rot, die-back or cankers, but they can also be saprophytes or endophytes. They occur world-wide on many hosts.[2] For example, in China, infections related to Botryosphaeriales have been recorded on numerous hosts such as grapes, Caragana arborescens,Cercis chinensis, Eucalyptus, Chinese hackberry, blueberry, forest trees, and various other woody hosts.[3]

The order was originally defined in 2006 to have only one family, Botryosphaeriaceae, but new taxonomic studies have added at least seven other families.[2] It was then reduced to just seven families in 2020.[4]

  1. ^ Schoch, C.L.; Shoemaker, R.A.; Seifert, K.A.; Hambleton, S.; Spatafora, J.W.; Crous, P.W. (2006). "A multigene phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes using four nuclear loci". Mycologia. 98 (6): 1041–1052. doi:10.1080/15572536.2006.11832632.
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  3. ^ Dissanayake, Asha Janadaree; Chen, Ya-Ya; Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawan; Liu, Jian-Kui Jack (October 2021). "Occurrence and Morpho-Molecular Identification of Botryosphaeriales Species from Guizhou Province, China". Journal of Fungi. 7 (11): 893. doi:10.3390/jof7110893. PMC 8618807.
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