Tapesia yallundae
| Tapesia yallundae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Mollisiaceae |
| Genus: | Tapesia |
| Species: | T. yallundae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tapesia yallundae Wallwork & Spooner | |
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Tapesia yallundae is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases. The anamorph of T. yallundae is the W-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides is now known as Tapesia acuformis.