{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |taxon = Vestergrenia |authority = Rehm., 1901<ref name=Myco/> |type_species = ''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' |type_species_authority = Rehm (1901)<ref name=Myco/> |synonyms = {{species list |Catacaumella |Theissen & H.Sydow, 1915 |Coscinopeltella |Chardón, 1930 |Whetzelia |C.E.Chardon & R.A.Toro, 1934 }} }}

'''''Vestergrenia''''' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothideaceae.<ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF |id=5261837 |taxon=''Vestergrenia'' |accessdate=3 December 2022}}</ref> The type species is ''Vestergrenia nervisequia''.<ref name=Myco>{{cite web |url=https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/field/Mycobank%20%23/5733 |title=Mycobank: ''Vestergrenia'' |website=www.mycobank.org|accessdate=3 December 2022}}</ref>

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm in Hedwigia vol.40 on page 100 in 1901.

The genus name of ''Vestergrenia'' is in honour of Jacob Tycho Conrad Vestergren (1875–1930), who was a Swedish teacher and botanist (Mycology). He taught chemistry und botany at various schools and university institutions in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022| s2cid=246307410 }}</ref>

==Affects== It has been found on the dead stems of ''Cryptostegia grandiflora'' in Kannad, India. It causes roundish, dark brown spots about 1mm wide. <ref>Scientific Publishers {{google books|Sk1MAAAAYAAJ|Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany: Additional series, Issue 30, 2008|page=47}}</ref> In New Zealand, ''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' {{Au|Hansf. 1957}} was found on ''Cyathodes fasciculata'' and ''Leucopogon fasciculatus''.<ref>S. R. Pennycook {{google books|kSdBAAAAYAAJ|Plant Diseases Recorded in New Zealand: Part II, Fungal plant diseases, 1989|page=435}}</ref>

==Distribution== The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution,<ref name="GBIF" /> for example species ''Vestergrenia multipunctata'' {{Au|(G. Winter) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} is found in New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |title=''Vestergrenia multipunctata'' (G. Winter) Arx & E. Müll. 1954 - Biota of NZ |url=https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/1cb1ab8d-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c |website=biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> with ''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' {{Au|Hansf. 1957}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' Hansf. 1957 - Biota of NZ |url=https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/1cb1ab8c-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c |website=biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> While specimens of ''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' {{Au|Rehm}} were found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<ref>{{cite web |title=Type of ''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' Rehm [family DOTHIDEACEAE] on JSTOR |url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.s-f10703 |website=plants.jstor.org |access-date=3 December 2022 }}</ref> ''Vestergrenia pandani'' {{Au|P.B. Chavan & Hosag. (1984)}} has been recorded in India.<ref>Alaka Pande {{google books|2xmVDwAAQBAJ|Ascomycetes of Peninsular India (2008)|page=534}}</ref>

==Species== As accepted by Species Fungorum;<ref name="Fungorum">{{cite web |title=Vestergrenia - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Vestergrenia |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> {{div col}} *''Vestergrenia achyranthis'' {{Au|(T.S. Ramakr.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''Vestergrenia atropurpurea'' {{Au|(Chardón) Wulandari (2014)}} *''Vestergrenia bosei'' {{Au|E. Müll. (1958)}} *''Vestergrenia cestri'' {{Au|(Pat.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''Vestergrenia chaenostoma'' {{Au|(Sacc.) Theiss. (1918)}} *''Vestergrenia clerodendri'' {{Au|(Syd. & P. Syd.) Theiss. (1918)}} *''Vestergrenia clusiae'' {{Au|Petr. (1963)}} *''Vestergrenia daphniphylli'' {{Au|Tak. Kobay. (1976)}} *''Vestergrenia dinochloae'' {{Au|(Rehm) Wulandari (2014)}} *''Vestergrenia egenula'' {{Au|(Syd.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''Vestergrenia globosa'' {{Au|I. Hino & Katum. (1958)}} *''Vestergrenia indica'' {{Au|Anahosur (1971)}} *''Vestergrenia ixorae'' {{Au|C. Ramesh (1988)}}<ref>Marathwada University, 1988 {{google books|eq9KAAAAYAAJ|Indian Botanical Reporter: IBR., Volume 7|page=105}}</ref> *''Vestergrenia justiciae'' {{Au|(F. Stevens) Petr. (1934)}} *''Vestergrenia kamatii'' {{Au|Anahosur (1976)}} *''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' {{Au|Hansf. (1957)}} *''Vestergrenia multipunctata'' {{Au|(G. Winter) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''Vestergrenia neolitseae'' {{Au|I. Hino & Katum. (1964)}} *''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' {{Au|Rehm (1901)}} *''Vestergrenia pandani'' {{Au|P.B. Chavan & Hosag. (1984)}} *''Vestergrenia pipericola'' {{Au|(F. Stevens) Petr. (1934)}} *''Vestergrenia sarcococcae'' {{Au|E. Müll. (1958)}} *''Vestergrenia tetrazygiae'' {{Au|(F. Stevens) Wulandari (2014)}} *''Vestergrenia venezuelensis'' {{Au|(Chardón & Toro) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} {{div col end}} Former species;<ref name="Fungorum"/> * ''V. heterostemmatis'' {{Au|(T.S. Ramakr. & K. Ramakr.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} = ''Guignardia heterostemmatis'', Phyllostictaceae family * ''V. micheliae'' {{Au|(Syd.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} = ''Phyllachorella micheliae'', Dothideaceae * ''V. umbellata'' {{Au|(Vestergr.) Died. (1913)}} = ''Petasodes umbellata'', Diaporthaceae family

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.gbif.org/species/5261837 ''Vestergrenia'' images and occurrence data] from GBIF {{Taxonbar|from=Q10714655}}

Category:Dothideales Category:Taxa described in 1901 Category:Dothideomycetes genera