Septoria selenophomoides is a fungal plant pathogen infecting orchids. It causes leaf spots, starting with small yellowish lesions on the plant's leaves and darkening to brown or black.[1][2] If the infection develops further, the leaves and fruit fall from the orchid and spread the infection.[2]
| Septoria selenophomoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Septoria |
| Species: | S. selenophomoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Septoria selenophomoides E.K.Cash & A.M.J.Watson (1955)
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References
edit- ^ Fabiola, Hernández-Ramírez; Patricia, Fernández-Pavía Sylvia; Anne, Damon; Karina, Guillén-Navarro; Verónica, García-Fajardo (2022-06-27). "Etiology of the "black blotch" caused by Lasiodiplodia in pseudobulbs of Guarianthe skinneri (Orchidaceae), in the Region of Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico". Journal of Plant Pathology. 104 (3): 1083–1095. doi:10.1007/s42161-022-01154-7. ISSN 2239-7264.
- ^ a b "LEAF TIP BURN: Septoria selenophomoides". www.orchids.org. Retrieved 2023-01-08.