Phylloporthe Syd., Annls mycol. 23(3/6): 348 (1925)

MycoBank number: MB 4071; Index Fungorum number: IF 4071; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06323; 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Phylloporthe vernoniae Syd.

Notes – The monotypic genus Phylloporthe is a parasite on living leaves of Vernonia triflosculosa. Phylloporthe is distinct in having strongly erumpent, almost superficial stromata, an aparaphysate hamathecium and thin-walled ascospores (Senanayake et al. 2018).

Species

  • Phylloporthe vernoniae