Cochliobolus
| Cochliobolus | |
|---|---|
| Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot, on rice | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Cochliobolus Drechsler |
| Type species | |
| Cochliobolus heterostrophus (Drechsler) Drechslera | |
The fungal genus Cochliobolus includes 19 species, it includes some plant pathogenic species such as Cochliobolus heterostrophus. A lot of former Cochliobolus species were transferred to either Curvularia or Bipolaris genera.
Cochliobolus heterostrophus is known from "southern corn blight" which affects corn and maize.