Asperisporium
# Asperisporium

Asperisporium is a genus of ascomycete fungi whose members are plant pathogens.

The genus is found in northern and southern America, parts of South Africa, India and the islands of Melanesia and Polynesia.

## Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

* Asperisporium acori Tehon (1948)
* Asperisporium asclepiadis (Ellis & Everh.) Deighton (1976)
* Asperisporium caricae (Speg.) Maubl. (1913)
* Asperisporium caricicola Crous & C. Nakash. (2015)
* Asperisporium cassiae (Syd.) Deighton (1976)
* Asperisporium galactiae A. Hern.-Gut., Z.M. Chaves & Dianese (2015)
* Asperisporium gnaphaliatum (Bonar) U. Braun (2000)
* Asperisporium mikaniigena (J.M. Yen & Lim) R.W. Barreto (1995)
* Asperisporium minutulum (Sacc.) Deighton (1976)
* Asperisporium moringae (Thirum. & Govindu) Deighton (1976)
* Asperisporium musicola Matsush. (1975)
* Asperisporium pongamiae-pinnatae Khawar, A. Kumar, Bhat & C. Nakash. (2012)
* Asperisporium rafinesquiae (Harkn.) U. Braun & Crous (2007)
* Asperisporium robur (Tho) U. Braun & Melnik (1996)
* Asperisporium vasconcelliae (Speg.) U. Braun (2000)

Former species;

* A. juniperinum (Georgescu & Badea) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Phaeocercospora juniperina, Capnodiales
* A. mikaniae (Ellis & Everh.) R.W. Barreto (1995) = Passalora mikaniigena, Mycosphaerellaceae
* A. peucedani (Ellis & Holw.) Maubl. (1913) = Fusicladium peucedani, Venturiaceae
* A. pongamiae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Deighton (1976) = Pedrocrousiella pongamiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
* A. sequoiae (Ellis & Everh.) B. Sutton & Hodges (1990) = Passalora sequoiae, Mycosphaerellaceae
* A. vitiphyllum (Speschnew) Deighton (1975) = Sultanimyces vitiphyllus, Mycosphaerellaceae

## Gallery

* Asperisporium caricae under a microscope, displaying conidiophores and conidium
* Asperisporium caricae on a papaya fruit
* Close-up of Asperisporium caricae on a papaya
