Database details
| Full name: | Dothideomycetes |
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| Short name: | Dothideomycetes |
| Version: | 1.0, Sep 2010 |
| Release date: | 2010-11-23 |
| Authors/editors: | Crous P.W. et al. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Fungi - Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes |
| English name of the group: | |
| Number of species: | 2,858 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 30 |
| Number of synonyms: | 4,866 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 7,754 |
| Abstract: | The pyrenomycetous fungi classified in the Dothideomycetes include many species of economic importance, particularly as plant pathogens (as causal agents of leaf disease) but also as environmental contaminants, some of which are of medical importance (e.g. as allergens). |
| Organization: | Fungal Biodiversity Center, The Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Website: |
http://www.speciesfungorum.org |