Fungalpedia – Note 3195, Bipolaris

 

Bipolaris. Shoemaker, Can. J.

Citation when using this data: Jayawardena RS et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Species of this genus are pathogens, saprobes and endophytes on a wide range of hosts with a worldwide distribution (Jayawardena et al. 2019). Bhunjun et al. (2020), provided polyphasic approaches to delineate species in Bipolaris. There are 140 records in Index Fungorum (2022a, b) for this genus, however less than 50 species have molecular data. 

 

Type species: Bipolaris maydis (Y. Nisik. & C. Miyake) Shoemaker 1959

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Bipolaris.

 

References

Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Ghobad-Nejhad M, Wanasinghe DN, Liu N, Phillips AJ, Oliveira-Filho JR, da Silva GA, Gibertoni TB, Abeywikrama P, Carris LM, Chethana KW, Dissanayake AJ, Hongsanan S, Jayasiri SC, McTaggart AR, Perera RH, Phutthacharoen K, Savchenko KG, Shivas RG, Thongklang N, Dong W, Wei D, Wijayawardena NN, Kang J 2019 – One stop shop II: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 26–50 (2019). Fungal Divers 94:41–129.

 

Entry by

Jayawardena Ruvishika Shehali, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand.

 

Published online 11 September 2026

 

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