Phaeosphaeria nodorum

Phaeosphaeria nodorum
	Necrosis on wheat
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Phaeosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Phaeosphaeria
Species:	P. nodorum
Binomial name
	Phaeosphaeria nodorum; (E.Müll.) Hedjar. (1969)
Synonyms
	Depazea nodorum Berk. (1845); Hendersonia nodorum (Berk.) Petr. (1947); Leptosphaeria nodorum E.Müll. (1952); Septoria glumarum Pass. (1879); Septoria nodorum (Berk.) Berk. (1845); Stagonospora nodorum (Berk.) E.Castell. & Germano (1977); Parastagonospora nodorum (Berk.) Quaedvlieg, Verkley & Crous. (2013);

Phaeosphaeria nodorum (syn. Stagonospora nodorum, synonym and correct taxonomic name: Parastagonospora nodorum) is a major fungal pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum), causing the disease Septoria nodorum blotch. It is a member of the Dothideomycetes, a large fungal taxon that includes many important plant pathogens affecting all major crop plant families.