Tapesia yallundae

Tapesia yallundae
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T. yallundae
Binomial name
Tapesia yallundae
Wallwork & Spooner
Synonyms

Cercosporella herpotrichoides Fron 1912
Helgardia herpotrichoides (Fron) Crous & W. Gams
Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (Fron) Deighton 1973
Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides var herpotrichoides (Fron) Deighton 1973
Ramulispora herpotrichoides (Fron) Arx 1983
Tapesia yallundae var. yallundae Wallwork & Spooner

Tapesia yallundae[1] is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases. The anamorph of T. yallundae is the W-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides is now known as Tapesia acuformis.

  1. ^ Wallwork, H.; B. Spooner (1988). "Tapesia yallundae – the teleomorph of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 91 (4): 703–705. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(88)80050-0.