Thielaviopsis Went, Meded. Proefstn Suik Riet W. Java 5: 4 (1893)

MycoBank number: MB 10210; Index Fungorum number: IF 10210; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13030;  7 species with sequence data.

Type species – Thielaviopsis ethacetica Went

Notes – Went (1893) introduced Thielaviopsis and the generic description was emended to include both sexual and asexual morphs with aleurioconidia (de Beer et al. 2014). The species are plant pathogens. For example, T. paradoxa has been reported to cause trunk rot and black scorch diseases of palms (Elliott 2006, Al-Naemi et al. 2014).

Species

  • Thielaviopsis ethacetica