Pseudocercospora pistacina

Pseudocercospora pistacina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Pseudocercospora
Species:
P. pistacina
Binomial name
Pseudocercospora pistacina
(Allesch.) Crous, Quaedvl. & Sarpkaya
Synonyms
  • Septoria pistacina Allesch.
  • Dothidea pistaciae Lév.
  • Septoria pistaciae (Lév.) Cooke
  • Mycosphaerella pistacina Chitzan.

Pseudocercospora pistacina is a species of fungus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. Known from Greece, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, it is a plant pathogen that infects the leaves of pistachio trees (Pistacia vera). It is one of the causative agents of a leaf spot disease commonly known as Pseudocercospora leaf spot (PLS) or Septoria leaf spot (SLS), alongside Septoria pistaciarum and Septoria pistaciae.

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