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Lecanosticta

Genus of plant pathogenic fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Lecanosticta is a genus of fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae consisting of ten species.[2][3]

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Species

There are ten species in this genus:[4]

  • Lecanosticta acicola (Thum.) Syd. (1924)
  • Lecanosticta brevispora Quaedvl. & Crous (2012)
  • Lecanosticta gaubae (Petr.) Arx & Constant. (1983)
  • Lecanosticta gloeospora H.C Evans (1984)
  • Lecanosticta guatemalensis Quaedvl. & Crous (2012)
  • Lecanosticta jani van der Nest, M.J Wingf. & I. Barnes (2019)
  • Lecanosticta longispora Marm. (2000)
  • Lecanosticta pharomachri van der Nest, M.J Wingf. & I. Barnes (2019)
  • Lecanosticta tecunumanii van der Nest, M.J Wingf. & I. Barnes (2019)
  • Lecanosticta variabilis van der Nest, M.J Wingf. & I. Barnes (2019)
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Pathogenic species

Lecanosticta acicola is a widespread plant pathogen of over 50 species of pine (Pinus spp.) globally, causing a disease known as brown spot needle blight.[5][6] The disease infects pine needles and causes them to prematurely drop, resulting in reduced growth and yield losses.[5]

In 2022, Lecanosticta pharomachri was implicated as the cause of needle disease outbreaks in Colombian planted forests.[7]

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