A new species of Pseudocercosporella on Andrographis paniculata from Central India

Neha Awasthi, Raghvendra Singh & Shambhu Kumar

Sydowia 68: 27–33

Published online on May 31st, 2016

Pseudocercosporella andrographidis, a new foliicolous mucedinaceous hyphomycetous fungus (Mycosphaerellaceae) discovered
on living leaves of Andrographis paniculata (Acanthaceae), is described and illustrated. The new species, which is the first Pseudocercosporella species on a host of the Acanthaceae, is compared with other species of the Mycosphaerellaceae described on Andrographis spp.

Keywords: Pseudocercosporella andrographidis, Mycosphaerellaceae, asexual morph, taxonomic novelty, sp. nov.

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