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Taxonomic Details for Phaeosphaeria spartinicola
  
    
      | Systematic Resumé: | 
      
        | Kingdom | Fungi |  
        | Phylum | Ascomycota |  
        | Subphylum | Pezizomycotina |  
        | Class | Dothideomycetes |  
        | Subclass | Pleosporomycetidae |  
        | Order | Pleosporales |  
        | Family | Phaeosphaeriaceae |  
        | Genus | Phaeosphaeria |  
        | Species | Phaeosphaeria spartinicola |  
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      | Authority: | 
      Leuchtm., 1991 | 
     
    
      | Comments: | 
      This species along with Mycosphaerella sp.2 and Phaeosphaeria halima are the three main ascomycetous secondary producers of the smooth-cordgrass-decay system | 
     
    
      | Habitats: | 
      Salinity Zone: Marine | 
     
    
      | GCE Contact: | 
      Steven Y. Newell, University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Georgia | 
     
    
      
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      | GCE Data Sets: | 
      FNG-GCEM-0401 (Fall 2003 fungal monitoring -- marshgrass ergosterol content and ascospore release rates at 10 GCE sampling sites) 
        FNG-GCEM-0301 (Fall 2002 fungal monitoring -- marshgrass ergosterol content and ascospore release rates at 10 GCE sampling sites) 
        FNG-GCEM-0112 (Fall 2001 fungal monitoring -- marshgrass ergosterol content and ascospore release rates at 10 GCE sampling sites) 
        FNG-GCEM-0102 (Fall 2000 fungal monitoring -- marshgrass ergosterol content and ascospore release rates at 10 GCE sampling sites)  | 
     
   
 Voucher Specimen and Collection Information
  
    
      | ID | 
      Institution | 
      Contact | 
      Description | 
     
   
      | SAP132 | 
      University of Georgia Marine Institute | 
      Steven Y. Newell | 
      Reference culture used to derive gene sequences (GenBank Accession AF422964) | 
    
   
 
  
        Phaeosphaeria spartinicola photomicrograph courtesy of Steven Y. Newell  
 
    
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