Cercospora

Cercospora
Cercospora beticola on sugar beet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Cercospora Fresen. ex Fuckel (1863)
Type species
Cercospora apii Fresen. (1863)
Species
3,000+, see text
Synonyms[1]
Cercosporina Speg. (1910) Virgasporium Cooke (1875)

Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus Mycosphaerella.^[2] Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi, but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the best-known members of the genus.

It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.^[3]

Selected species

The GBIF accepts 837 species (as of July 2023);^[3] See also List of Cercospora species

• Cercospora acetosella - found on sheep sorrel and other docks
• Cercospora aciculina
• Cercospora agerati
• Cercospora alabemensis
• Cercospora alismatis
• Cercospora althaeina
• Cercospora angreci - causes leaf spot of orchids
• Cercospora angulata
• Cercospora apii - causes leaf spot on celery, and found on other plants, including Impatiens
• Cercospora apii f.sp. clerodendri
• Cercospora apiicola - causes leaf spot on celery
• Cercospora arachidicola - causes peanut leaf spot
• Cercospora arctii
• Cercospora arctii-ambrosiae
• Cercospora asparagi - found on asparagus
• Cercospora atro-marginalis
• Cercospora atrofiliformis - causes "black stripe" on sugarcane
• Cercospora beticola - causes leaf spot on Beta vulgaris and spinach
• Cercospora bolleana - found on figs
• Cercospora bougainvilleae
• Cercospora brachiata
• Cercospora byliana
• Cercospora brachypus - found on grapes
• Cercospora brassicicola - infests many cole crops
• Cercospora brunkii - found on Pelargonium and Geranium.^[4][5]
• Cercospora bunchosiae
• Cercospora canescens
• Cercospora cannabis - causes olive leaf spot on Cannabis spp., and is found on hops
• Cercospora cantuariensis - found on hops
• Cercospora capsici - causes "frogeye" leaf spot on peppers
• Cercospora caribaea
• Cercospora carotae - causes carrot leaf blight
• Cercospora circumscissa - causes brown shot hole on Prunus subg. Cerasus
• Cercospora citrullina - causes "cucurbit leaf spot" on watermelon and cucumber plants
• Cercospora clemensiae
• Cercospora coffeicola - infests coffee plants
• Cercospora coryli - found on hazels
• Cercospora corylina - found on hazels
• Cercospora eleusine - causes leaf spot of Finger millet
• Cercospora cf. flagellaris syn. C. piaropi^[6]
• Cercospora fragariae - causes strawberry leaf spot
• Cercospora fuchsiae
• Cercospora fusca
• Cercospora fusimaculans - found on many grasses
• Cercospora gerberae
• Cercospora halstedii
• Cercospora handelii
• Cercospora hayi
• Cercospora hydrangeae
• Cercospora kaki
• Cercospora kikuchii - causes leaf blight and purple seed stain on soybean
• Cercospora lentis - found on lentil
• Cercospora liquidambaris
• Cercospora longipes - causes brown spot on sugarcane
• Cercospora longissima - found in several types of lettuce
• Cercospora malloti - found on Mallotus species in Thailand^[7]
• Cercospora mamaonis - found on papaya
• Cercospora mangiferae - causes mango leaf spot
• Cercospora medicaginis - found on alfalfa
• Cercospora melongenae
• Cercospora minima - found on pear leaves
• Cercospora minuta
• Cercospora musae - found on banana
• Cercospora nicotianae - causes "frogeye" spot on tobacco
• Cercospora odontoglossi
• Cercospora oryzae
• Cercospora papayae - found on papaya
• Cercospora penniseti - causes leaf spot on pearl millet
• Cercospora personata - causes brown or blackish leaf spots in ground nuts tikka disease
• Cercospora piaropi - see syn. C. cf. flagellaris above^[6]
• Cercospora pisa-sativae - causes leaf spot on peas
• Cercospora platanicola - found on sycamores
• Cercospora puderii
• Cercospora pulcherrima
• Cercospora rhapidicola
• Cercospora rosicola - found on roses
• Cercospora rubrotincta - found on various drupes
• Cercospora sojina - causes frogeye leaf spot on soybean
• Cercospora solani - infests potato plants
• Cercospora solani-tuberosi
• Cercospora sorghi
• Cercospora theae
• Cercospora tuberculans
• Cercospora vexans
• Cercospora vicosae
• Cercospora zeae-maydis - causes a disease in cereals called grey leaf spot
• Cercospora zebrina
• Cercospora zonata

References

1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Cercospora Fresen. ex Fuckel, Hedwigia 2(15): 133 (1863)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
3. "Cercospora Fresenius, 1863". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
4. "과학기술 지식정보 식별체계".
5. Horst, Kenneth; Rev, By R. Cynthia Westcott (2001), Westcott's plant disease handbook, Boston, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 245, 678, ISBN 0-7923-8663-9
6. Groenewald, J.Z.; Nakashima, C.; Nishikawa, J.; Shin, H.-D.; Park, J.-H.; Jama, A.N.; Groenewald, M.; Braun, U.; Crous, P.W. (2013). "Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses". Studies in Mycology. 75 (1). Westerdijk Institute (Elsevier): 115–170. doi:10.3114/sim0012. ISSN 0166-0616. PMC 3713887. PMID 24014899.
7. Phengsintham, P; Braun, U; McKenzie, EHC; Chukeatirote, E; Cai, L; Hyde, KD (2013). "Monograph of Cercosporoid fungi from Thailand". Plant Pathology & Quarantine. 3 (2): 67–138. doi:10.5943/ppq/3/2/2.

Further reading

• Chupp C, 1954. A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. Ithaca, New York, USA: C. Chupp.
• Groenewald, M., et al. (2006). Host range of Cercospora apii and C. beticola and description of C. apiicola, a novel species from celery. Mycologia 98:2

External links

• Media related to Cercospora at Wikimedia Commons
• Photos of Impatiens leaf spot
• IPM for carrot leaf blight
• Cercospora Primer