Asperisporium
Asperisporium caricae on papaya leaf
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Asperisporium Maubl. [1]

Asperisporium is a genus of ascomycete fungi whose members are plant pathogens. ^{[2] [3]}

The genus is found in northern and southern America, parts of South Africa, India and the islands of Melanesia and Polynesia. ^[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum; ^[5]

Former species;

• A. juniperinum (Georgescu & Badea) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Phaeocercospora juniperina, Capnodiales
• A. mikaniae (Ellis & Everh.) R.W. Barreto (1995) = Passalora mikaniigena, Mycosphaerellaceae
• A. peucedani (Ellis & Holw.) Maubl. (1913) = Fusicladium peucedani, Venturiaceae
• A. pongamiae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Deighton (1976) = Pedrocrousiella pongamiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
• A. sequoiae (Ellis & Everh.) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Passalora sequoiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
• A. vitiphyllum (Speschnew) Deighton (1975) = Sultanimyces vitiphyllus, Mycosphaerellaceae

Gallery

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  Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium
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  Asperisporium caricae on a papaya fruit
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  Close-up of Asperisporium caricae on a papaya

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