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Rhytisma

Rhytisma
Rhytisma acerinum brok 3 beentree.jpg
Rhytisma acerinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Rhytismatales
Family: Rhytismataceae
Genus: Rhytisma
Fr. (1818)
Type species
Rhytisma acerinum
(Pers.) Fr. (1818)

Rhytisma is a genus of fungi in the Rhytismataceae family commonly known as 'tar spot'. There are about 18 species, which live parasitically in the leaves of deciduous trees.



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