Pleospora herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. ex Ces. & De Not.
(an ascomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPleospora herbarum (an ascomycete)
GenusPleospora (a genus of ascomycetes)
FamilyPLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderPLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pleospora herbarum (an ascomycete) :
1: Pleospora herbarum (an ascomycete)
27 Apr 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Stemphylium state hypophyllous on dead leaf tip of Griselinia littoralis
Image 1: Colony - highly enlargedImage 2: Colony - magnifiedImage 3: Colony - magnified (2)Image 4: Colony - magnified (3)Image 5: Colony - magnified (4)Image 6: Cluster of conidiophores - magnifiedImage 7: Cluster of conidiophores - magnified (2)Image 8: Cluster of conidiophores - magnified (3)Image 9: Cluster of conidiophores - magnified (4)Image 10: Cluster of conidiophores - magnified (5)Image 11: Conidia - highly magnifiedImage 12: Conidiophore - highly magnifiedImage 13: Conidiophores and conidia - highly magnifiedImage 14: Conidiophores - highly magnifiedImage 15: Conidiophores - highly magnified (2)Image 16: Conidium and conidiophore - highly magnifiedImage 17: Conidium - two views - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J. 2000 Teaching Techniques for Mycology: 12. A demonstration of the teleomorph-anamorph connection using Pleospora herbarum Mycologist Vol 14 (4): 171-173.

Pleospora herbarum (an ascomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pleospora herbarum (an ascomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pleospora herbarum (an ascomycete)
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