Pyricularia oryzae

spores of the rice blast fungus (Pyricularia oryzae) - (Click on image to enlarge it)
Author: Donald Groth (USDA Forest Service)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyriculariaceae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Sordariomycetes Subclassis: Diaporthomycetidae Ordo: Magnaporthales Familia: Pyriculariaceae

Genus: Pyricularia
Species: Pyricularia oryzae

Name

• Pyricularia oryzae Cavara, 1891
  • Mycobank MB224486

Synonymy

• Magnaporthe oryzae B.C. Couch, 2002
  • Mycobank MB484668

References

• Cavara, F. 1891: Fungi Longobardiae exsiccati sive Mycetum specimina in Longobardia collecta, exsiccata et speciebus novis vel criticis, iconibus illustrata Pug. I: no. 49 (1891)
• Couch, Brett C. and Kohn, Linda M. 2002: A multilocus gene genealogy concordant with host preference indicates segregation of a new species, Magnaporthe oryzae, from M. grisea. Mycologia 94, 683-693.
• Luo, Jing and Zhang, Ning 2013: Magnaporthiopsis, a new genus in Magnaporthaceae (Ascomycota). Mycologia 105 (4), 1019-1029.
• Zhang, N.; Rossman, A.Y.; Seifert, K.; Bennett, J.W.; Cai, G.; Cai, L.; Hillman, B.; Hyde, K.D.; Luo, J.; Manamgoda, D.; Meyer, W.; Molnar, T.; Schoch, C.; Tadych, M. and White, J.F., Jr. 2013: Impacts of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (Melbourne Code) on the scientific names of plant pathogenic fungi. APS Features (June 2013).
• Murata, Nobuaki; Aoki, Takayuki; Kusaba, Motoaki; Tosa, Yukio and Chuma, Izumi 2014: Various species of Pyricularia constitute a robust clade distinct from Magnaporthe salvinii and its relatives in Magnaporthaceae. Journal of General Plant Pathology 80 (1), 66-72.
• Klaubauf, S.; Tharreau, D.; Fournier, E.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W.; de Vries, R.P. and Lebrun, M.-H. 2014: Resolving the polyphyletic nature of Pyricularia (Pyriculariaceae). Studies in Mycology 79, 85-120.