Rhytisma | |
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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.