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. , the GBIF lists up to 440 species, while Species Fungorum lists about 375 species.

Selected species

A selected few species are shown here;

• 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

References

Other sources

• S.T. Tilak Two new species of

• Spp

External links

• Photo: Asci of