Stenocarpella Syd. & P. Syd. Annls mycol. 15(3/4): 258 (1917)
MycoBank number: MB 10085; Index Fungorum number: IF 10085; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01708; 2 species with sequence data.
Type species – Stenocarpella macrospora (Earle) B. Sutton
Notes – Both Stenocarpella macrospora and S. maydis are well-known pathogens of corn, the causal agents of stalk and ear rot and leaf spot (Latterell & Rossi 1983, De Silva et al. 2014). Based on LSU sequence data, Stenocarpella was accommodated in Diaporthaceae (Crous et al. 2006a, b). Lamprecht et al. (2011) and Wijayawardene et al. (2016b) confirmed its placement in Diaporthaceae. The genus is characterised by brown, 0–3-septate conidia.
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