Magnaporthe

Magnaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several of the species are cereal pathogens. There are five species in the widespread genus.^[2]

Magnaporthe
A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on the 'Katy' rice cultivar inoculated with Magnaporthe grisea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Magnaporthales
Family:	Magnaporthaceae
Genus:	Magnaporthe R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972)[1]
Type species
Magnaporthe salvinii (Catt.) R.A.Krause & R.K.Webster (1972)
Species
M. grisea M. oryzae M. poae M. rhizophila M. salvinii