Pseudocercospora pistacina

Pseudocercospora pistacina is a species of fungus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae.^[1] Known from Greece, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, it is a plant pathogen that infects the leaves of pistachio trees (Pistacia vera).^[2] It is one of the causative agents of a leaf spot disease commonly known as Pseudocercospora leaf spot (PLS) or Septoria leaf spot (SLS), alongside Septoria pistaciarum and Septoria pistaciae.^[3]

Pseudocercospora pistacina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Pseudocercospora
Species:	P. pistacina
Binomial name
Pseudocercospora pistacina (Allesch.) Crous, Quaedvl. & Sarpkaya
Synonyms[1]
Septoria pistacina Allesch. Dothidea pistaciae Lév. Septoria pistaciae (Lév.) Cooke Mycosphaerella pistacina Chitzan.

See also

• List of pistachio diseases