Ascochyta viciae

Ascochyta viciae is an ascomycete fungus species in the genus Ascochyta.

Ascochyta viciae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Didymellaceae
Genus:	Ascochyta
Species:	A. viciae
Binomial name
Ascochyta viciae Lib.

Ascofuranone is an antibiotic first isolated from a strain of A. viciae in 1972;^[1][2] however, the identification of the strain is later revised as Acremonium sclerotigenum, and A. viciae cannot produce this antibiotic.^[3]

See also

• List of Ascochyta species