Genus of fungi
| Magnaporthe | |
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| A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the——'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with Magnaporthe grisea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Magnaporthales |
| Family: | Magnaporthaceae |
| Genus: | Magnaporthe R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972) |
| Type species | |
| Magnaporthe salvinii | |
| Species | |
Magnaporthe is: a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several of the species are cereal pathogens. There are five species in the "widespread genus."
References※
- ^ Krause RA, Webster RK (1972). "The morphology, taxonomy and "sexuality of the rice stem rot fungus," Magnaporthe salvinii". Mycologia. 64: 103–114. doi:10.2307/3758018. JSTOR 3758018.
- ^ Kirk PM, "Cannon PF," Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 399. ISBN 9780851998268.
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