Bipolaris

Bipolaris is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Pleosporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Robert A. Shoemaker in 1959.

Bipolaris
Bipolaris leaf blight of kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Bipolaris
Shoemaker (1959)
Type species
Bipolaris maydis
(Y.Nisik. & C.Miyake) Shoemaker (1959)

It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.

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