Tapesia acuformis

Tapesia acuformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Dermateaceae
Genus:	Tapesia
Species:	T. acuformis
Binomial name
Tapesia acuformis Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous
Synonyms
Oculimacula acuformis (Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers) Crous & W. Gams Ramulispora acuformis (Nirenberg) Crous 1995 Tapesia yallundae var. acuformis Boerema, R. Pieters & Hamers 1992

Tapesia acuformis is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases. The anamorph of T. acuformis was formerly known as the R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The W-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides is now known as Tapesia yallundae.