Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis

Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Magnaporthales
Family:	Magnaporthaceae
Genus:	Gaeumannomyces
Species:	G. graminis (Sacc.) Arx & D.L. Olivier, (1952)
Variety:	G. g. var. graminis
Trinomial name
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis
Synonyms
Gaeumannomyces cariceti Gaeumannomyces graminis Gaeumannomyces oryzinus Linocarpon cariceti Linocarpon oryzinum Ophiobolus cariceti Ophiobolus graminis Ophiobolus graminis var. graminis Ophiobolus oryzinus Ophiobolus oryzinus Rhaphidophora graminis Rhaphidospora cariceti Sphaeria cariceti

Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis is a plant pathogen. This fungal pathogen produces extensive damage on the sheath of rice, causing black spots which protrude from the infected. This pathogen also generates a discoloration in the foliage of a plant which tends to show a straw orange colouration.

External links

• Index Fungorum
• USDA ARS Fungal Database

Further reading

• Peixoto, Cecília N.; Ottoni, Giselle; Filippi, Marta C. C.; Silva-Lobo, Valácia L.; Prabhu, Anne S. (December 2013). "Biology of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis isolates from rice and grasses and epidemiological aspects of crown sheath rot of rice". Tropical Plant Pathology. 38 (6): 495–504. doi:10.1590/s1982-56762013000600005.