Magnaporthe

Magnaporthe
A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the 'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with "Magnaporthe grisea"
A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the 'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with Magnaporthe grisea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Magnaporthales
Family: Magnaporthaceae
Genus: Magnaporthe
R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972)[1]
Type species
Magnaporthe salvinii
Species

M. grisea
M. oryzae
M. poae
M. rhizophila
M. salvinii

Magnaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several of the species are cereal pathogens. There are five species in the widespread genus.[2]

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