Pyrenopeziza brassicae B. Sutton & Rawl.
(Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyrenopeziza brassicae (Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism)
GenusPyrenopeziza (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyDERMATEACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism) :
1: Pyrenopeziza brassicae (Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism)
23 Apr 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Cylindrosporium state on fading leaves of Broccoli
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Infected leaf - under surface - white backgroundImage 3: Leaf spot - older - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Leaf spot - older - under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Leaf spot - old - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Leaf spot on underside - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Leaf spot on underside - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Leaf spot on underside - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 9: Leaf spots - old - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Leaf spots - young - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Leaf spots - young - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Leaf spot - young - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Conidia - magnifiedImage 14: Conidia - highly magnifiedImage 15: Conidia - highly magnified (2)Image 16: Pycnidium wall - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Pyrenopeziza brassicae - CropMonitor www.cropmonitor.co.uk/wosr/encyclopaedia/view_icard.cfm?cslref=12680
Lacey, M.E., Rawlinson C.J. & McCartney, H.A. 1987 First record of the natural occurrence in England of the teleomorph of Pyrenopeziza brassicae on oilseed rape TBMS Vol 89 (1): 135-140.

Pyrenopeziza brassicae (Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyrenopeziza brassicae (Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pyrenopeziza brassicae (Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism)
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