Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis

Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Magnaporthales
Family: Magnaporthaceae
Genus: Gaeumannomyces
Species:
(Sacc.) Arx & D.L. Olivier, (1952)
Variety:
G. g. var. graminis
Trinomial name
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis
Synonyms

Gaeumannomyces cariceti
Gaeumannomyces graminis
Gaeumannomyces oryzinus
Linocarpon cariceti
Linocarpon oryzinum
Ophiobolus cariceti
Ophiobolus graminis
Ophiobolus graminis var. graminis
Ophiobolus oryzinus
Ophiobolus oryzinus
Rhaphidophora graminis
Rhaphidospora cariceti
Sphaeria cariceti

Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis is a plant pathogen. This fungal pathogen produces extensive damage on the sheath of rice, causing black spots which protrude from the infected. This pathogen also generates a discoloration in the foliage of a plant which tends to show a straw orange colouration.