Ascochyta Lib., 1830 (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
Further Information
Diagnostic features
Pale, thin-walled, immersed pycnidia, typically with a dark ring around the ostiole. The short conidia are short 1-septate. Ascochyta mostly cause spots on living leaves or occasionally stems.
Grove, W.B., 1935
Similar species
The conidia in Septoria are much longer, while in Phyllosticta they are aseptate.