Agroathelia coffeicola
| Agroathelia coffeicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Amylocorticiales |
| Genus: | Agroathelia |
| Species: | A. coffeicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Agroathelia coffeicola (Stahel) Redhead
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| Synonyms | |
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Sclerotium coffeicola Stahel | |
Agroathelia coffeicola is a sclerotial fungus, commonly called Sclerotium coffeicola, now classified in the order Amylocorticiales.[1][2] It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of target-spot disease of coffee and other tropical plants.[3] It is known from Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela, Panama and Sierra Leone.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Binder M, Larsson KH, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia. 102 (4): 865–880. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID 20648753.
- ^ Redhead SA, Mullineux ST (2023). "Nomenclatural novelties". Index Fungorum. 554: 1.
- ^ a b Kirschner R, Cácere O, Piepenbring M (2018). "Three new records of plant parasitic phyllosphere fungi from Panama: Annellophora phoenicis, Cercospora corniculatae, and Sclerotium coffeicola". Check List. 14: 93–100. doi:10.15560/14.1.93.
- ^ Pérez-Vera OA, Cibrián-Tovar D, Hanlin RT (2018). "Primera descripción de Sclerotium coffeicola en caoba africana en México". Rev Argent Microbiol. 50: 202–205.
- ^ Gasparotto L, Ferreira AF, Schurt DA, Pereira MC (2025). "Espécies de plantas afetadas pelo fungo Agroathelia coffeicola". Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental. Circular técnica. 92: 1–7.