Mycotaxon: Volume 82 Article Abstract

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Pereira, José Maurício & Robert Weingart Barreto. A new species of Ascochyta from leaf spots on Peperomia spp. in Brazil, Mycotaxon 82: 367-372, 2002.

ABSTRACT: A species of Ascochyta found associated with leaf spots on two species of Peperomiaceae, Peperomia sandersii and Peperomia sp., in Brazil is newly described herein. The fungus is named Ascochyta peperomiae. This is the first species of Ascochyta to be described in association with plants in the family.

KEYWORDS: Peperomiaceae, Coelomycetes, ornamentals, taxonomy

NOMENCLATURAL NOVELTIES:
Ascochyta peperomiae J.M. Pereira & R.W. Barreto, p. 369