{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image =Pleospora betae spinach, kiemplantenziekte spinazie (1).jpg | image_caption = Pleospora betae spinach | taxon = Pleospora | authority = Rabenh. ex Ces. & De Not. | type_species = ''Pleospora herbarum'' | type_species_authority = (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857) | synonyms = }}
'''''Pleospora''''' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. This genus was originally described by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1857 and was revised by Wehmeyer and Müller. There was an estimated 63 species in 2008.<ref name=Kirk2008/> {{As of|2023|August|8}}, the GBIF lists up to 440 species,<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=''Pleospora'' Rabenhorst ex Cesati & De Notaris, 1863 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2575791 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=8 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> while Species Fungorum lists about 375 species.<ref name=Fungorum>{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Search Page - Pleospora |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> <!-- {{main|List of Pleospora species}} under construction -->
== Selected species == {{See also|List of Pleospora species}} A selected few species are shown here; {{Div col}} * ''Pleospora alfalfae'' * ''Pleospora allii'', Stemphylium leaf blight * ''Pleospora ambigua'' * ''Pleospora bardanae'' Niessl 1876 * ''Pleospora betae'' now ''Neocamarosporium betae'' * ''Pleospora bjoerlingii'' * ''Pleospora eturmiuna'' * ''Pleospora gaudefroyi'', Patouillard, now in genus ''Decorospora'' * ''Pleospora gigaspora'' * ''Pleospora gracilariae'' * ''Pleospora halophila'' * ''Pleospora herbarum'' * ''Pleospora iqbalii'' * ''Pleospora lamnaria'' * ''Pleospora leptosphaerulinoides'' * ''Pleospora lycopersici'' * ''Pleospora mullerii'' * ''Pleospora paludiscirpi'' * ''Pleospora papaveracea'', possible biocontrol for oriental poppy, now in genus ''Crivellia''. * ''Pleospora pelagica'' * ''Pleospora pelvetiae'' * ''Pleospora rubicunda'' * ''Pleospora rudis'' * ''Pleospora sedicola'' * ''Pleospora shepherdiae'', attacks dead twigs of ''Crataegus'' * ''Pleospora spartinae'' * ''Pleospora theae'' * ''Pleospora tomatonis'' * ''Pleospora triglochinicola'' * ''Pleospora welwitschiae'' {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n557 547] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
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==Other sources== * [https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02051392 S.T. Tilak Two new species of ''Pleospora'' from India] * [http://nomen.at/Pleospora Spp]
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080830015255/http://www.biodiversity.ac.psiweb.com/pics/0000308_.htm Photo: Asci of ''Pleospora herbarum'']
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Category:Pleosporaceae Category:Dothideomycetes genera
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