Venturia is a genus of fungi in the family Venturiaceae.[1] First identified in 1882,[2] species in the genus are plant pathogens. Venturia is widespread and the genus contains an estimated 58 species,[3] or 130 species.[4] Anamorphs were historically represented in the genus Fusicladium.[3]

Venturia
Venturia effusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Venturiaceae
Genus: Venturia
Sacc. (1882)
Type species
Venturia inaequalis
(Cooke) G.Winter (1897)
Species

58

Synonyms

Asterina sect. Asterula Sacc. (1882)
Asterula (Sacc.) Sacc. (1891)
Endostigme Syd. (1923)
Actinodothidopsis F.Stevens (1925)
Phasya Syd. (1934)
Endocoleroa Petr. (1969)

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.1 on page 586 in 1882.[5]

The genus name of Venturia is in honour of Carlo Antonio Maria Venturi (1805–1864), who was an Italian mycologist.[6]

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

Former species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

Genomes

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The complete genome sequence of Venturia effusa, the first complete genome sequence of any species in the genus, was reported in 2019.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ "Venturia Sacc. 1882". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  3. ^ a b Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 722. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ a b c "Venturia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ^ Saccardo PA. (1882). "Sylloge Pyrenomycetum, Vol. I". Sylloge Fungorum (in Latin). 1: 586.
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Winter, David J.; Charlton, Nikki D.; Krom, Nick; Shiller, Jason; Bock, Clive H.; Cox, Murray P.; Young, Carolyn A. (2020). "Chromosome-level reference genome of Venturia effusa, causative agent of pecan scab". Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 33: 149–152. doi:10.1094/MPMI-08-19-0236-A. ISSN 0894-0282.