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Asterina (fungus)

Asterina is a large genus of fungi in the family Asterinaceae family. It was then placed in order Asterinales later. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Joseph-Henri Léveillé in 1845.

Hosts
They are generally are found as pathogens on plants, such as Asterina gaiadendricola is found on Gaiadendron punctatum (Loranthaceae family) and Asterina schlegeliae on Schlegelia parviflora (Schlegeliaceae), Asterina consobrina on Solanum aphyodendron Solanaceae), Asterina fuchsiae on Fuchsia paniculata (Onagraceae) and Asterina phenacis on Phenax mexicanus (Urticaceae). While both Asterina manihotis and Asterina ciferriana were both found on Caesalpinia bonduc, (Fabaceae). Six species (Asterina indodeightonii, Asterina mioconsobrina, Asterina miosphaerelloides, Asterina neocombreticola, Asterina neoelaeocarpi and Asterina presaracae), where found on fossil angiosperm leaf remains recovered from the Siwalik sediments (mid-Miocene to early Pleistocene) of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas. Found on plant genera resembling the genera of Actinodaphne (Lauraceae), Anthocephalus (Rubiaceae), Combretum (Combretaceae), Lindera (Lauraceae) and Unona (Annonaceae). ==Species==
Species
, the GBIF lists up to 740 species, About 1,085 species were accepted by Wijayawardene et al. in 2020. Selected speciesAsterina adeniicolaAsterina advenulaAsterina canthiigenaAsterina ceropegiaeAsterina champereiicolaAsterina congestaAsterina congregataAsterina connectilisAsterina consobrinaAsterina corallopodaAsterina coriacellaAsterina daphniphyllicolaAsterina delitescensAsterina enicostemmatisAsterina erebiaAsterina euryaeAsterina flacourtiaeAsterina fragillissimaAsterina funtumiaeAsterina gaiadendricolaAsterina gamsiiAsterina geniostomatisAsterina girardiniaeAsterina glycosmidigenaAsterina glycosmidisAsterina glyptopetaliAsterina guaraniticaAsterina gymnemaeAsterina hainanensisAsterina hederaeAsterina himantiaAsterina hydrocotylesAsterina hyptidicolaAsterina indecoraAsterina jahniiAsterina jasminiAsterina lauracearumAsterina lawsoniaeAsterina laxiusculaAsterina ligustricolaAsterina lobuliferaAsterina loranthigenaAsterina madikeriensisAsterina mahoniaeAsterina malloti-apeltaeAsterina manihotisAsterina melastomatisAsterina miliusaeAsterina mimusopsidicolaAsterina myrsinacearumAsterina nodulosaAsterina nyanzaeAsterina orbicularisAsterina oreocnidegenaAsterina orthostichaAsterina parsonsiaeAsterina phoebeicolaAsterina phoebesAsterina phoradendricolaAsterina phyllanthigenaAsterina plectranthiAsterina polygalaeAsterina pouzolziaeAsterina prataprajiiAsterina psychotriicolaAsterina pulchellaAsterina quartaAsterina ramonensisAsterina randiae-benthamianaeAsterina rhodomyrtiAsterina sarcandraeAsterina sawadaiAsterina schimaeAsterina schlegeliaeAsterina scleropyriAsterina scruposaAsterina solanicolaAsterina sponiaeAsterina stipitipodiaAsterina subliberaAsterina suttoniiAsterina systema-solareAsterina talacauverianaAsterina tenellaAsterina tetracericolaAsterina tetrazygiicolaAsterina toddaliicolaAsterina torulosaAsterina toxocarpiAsterina tylophorae-indicaeAsterina veronicaeAsterina viburni ==References==
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