Phacidiopycnis padwickii

Phacidiopycnis padwickii is a species of fungus in the family Phacidiaceae, first described by Kavasji Framaji Kheswalla in 1941. It is a plant pathogen that causes collar rot, foot rot, wilt and blight of chickpea.^[1]

Phacidiopycnis padwickii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Rhytismatales
Family:	Rhytismataceae
Genus:	Phacidiopycnis
Species:	P. padwickii
Binomial name
Phacidiopycnis padwickii (Khesw.) B. Sutton, (1980)
Synonyms
Operculella padwickii Khesw., (1941)