Diachora Müll. Arg., Jb. wiss. Bot. 25: 623 (1893)

Index Fungorum number: IF 1488; MycoBank number: MB 1488; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07274; 4 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).

Type species – Diachora onobrychidis (DC.) Jul. Müll.

Notes – Diachora comprises obligately biotrophic plant parasites, forming restricted or expanded pseudostromata in leaves or stems, filling the epidermal host cells with dark-walled cells, while the fungal structures of the inner host tissues are colourless (Muller 1986). The asexual morph was in Diachorella, which are coelomycetous saprobes found in terrestrial habitats (Ciccarone 1963, Sutton 1967).

Species

  • Diachora onobrychidis