Sphaceloma poinsettiae

Sphaceloma poinsettiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Myriangiales
Family: Elsinoaceae
Genus: Sphaceloma
Species: S. poinsettiae
Binomial name
Sphaceloma poinsettiae
Jenkins & G. D. Ruehle, (1942)

Sphaceloma poinsettiae is a plant pathogen. It causes poinsettia scab, which is a spot anthracnose disease.

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