Allelochaeta | |
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Kingdom: | Fungi
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Division: | Ascomycota
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Class: | Sordariomycetes
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Order: | Amphisphaeriales
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Family: | Sporocadaceae
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Genus: | Allelochaeta Petr. (1955)[1]
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Allelochaeta is a genus of plant pathogens in the family Sporocadaceae.[3]
It was published by Franz Petrak in Sydowia vol.9 (1–6) on page 464 in 1955.[1]
Allelochaeta was considered as a synonym of Diploceras, one of the five groups of fungi into which the Seimatosporium complex was split by Nag Raj (in 1993). Based on a multi-gene phylogenetic study using the type species, Crous et al. (2018a),[2] resurrected the genus Allelochaeta. Members of this genus are characterized by mostly 3-septate, hyaline or pigmented, concolorous or versicolorous conidia, having branched or solitary, cellular or continuous appendages (Crous et al. 2018a).[2] Crous et al. (2018a) discussed the conidial septation, appendage types and pigmentation loss and gain during the evolution of Allelochaeta species.[4]
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