Allophoma Qian Chen & L. Cai, Stud. Mycol. 82: 162 (2015).

MycoBank number: MB 814058; Index Fungorum number: IF 814058; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08217; 11 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 11 species with molecular data.

Type species – Allophoma tropica (R. Schneid. & Boerema) Qian Chen & L. Cai, Stud. Mycol. 82: 164 (2015).

≡ Phoma tropica R. Schneid. & Boerema, Phytopath. Z. 83(4): 361 (1975)

Notes – Allophoma was introduced by Chen et al. (2015) based on morphological and phylogenetic data. This genus is characterised by ovoid, oblong, aseptate conidia which are ellipsoidal to cylindrical, or slightly allantoid (Chen et al. 2015). Eleven species are accepted in Allophoma (Marin-Felix et al. 2019).

Species

  • Allophoma tropica