Asterostomella
Asterostomella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown, and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order. They are leaf parasites. Such as Asterostomella miliusae is found on Miliusa tomentosa plants in India as a type of 'black mildew'.
It is found in South America, Africa and parts of Asia. Including the Philippine Islands.
Description
The coelomycetous genus is characterised by brown, ovoid, aseptate pycnidia, sometimes with a non-pigmented band in the middle. The genus is considered as a member of Asterinaceae based on its scutellate, or orbicular, conidiomata with stellate dehiscence, which is similar to Asterina.Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;Asterostomella aberiae Asterostomella acalyphae Asterostomella africana Asterostomella alangii Asterostomella alchorneae Asterostomella anogeissi Asterostomella australis Asterostomella balanseana Asterostomella baliospermi Asterostomella banisteriae Asterostomella boehmeriae Asterostomella caperoniae Asterostomella capparis Asterostomella caricae Asterostomella celasteri Asterostomella ceropegiae Asterostomella combreti Asterostomella concinna Asterostomella cupaniae Asterostomella daphniphylli Asterostomella derridicola Asterostomella dhanikariensis Asterostomella dilleniicola Asterostomella diplocarpa Asterostomella dispar Asterostomella dorsteniae Asterostomella elaeocarpi-serrati Asterostomella epiphylla Asterostomella erysiphoides Asterostomella eugeniicola Asterostomella excoecariicola Asterostomella farrargunjensis Asterostomella flacourtiae-montanae Asterostomella flacourtiarum Asterostomella forsteroniae Asterostomella gregariella Asterostomella grewiae Asterostomella hamatula Asterostomella helicteris Asterostomella heteropteridis Asterostomella horrida Asterostomella indecora Asterostomella indica Asterostomella isonandrae Asterostomella isothea Asterostomella kushinagarensis Asterostomella kutuensis Asterostomella lauracearum Asterostomella ligustri Asterostomella lismorensis Asterostomella lunaniae Asterostomella maculosa Asterostomella meliosmae Asterostomella meliosmicola Asterostomella meliosmigena Asterostomella micheliae Asterostomella miliusae Asterostomella minuta Asterostomella ornata Asterostomella orthosticha Asterostomella otonephelii Asterostomella paraguayensis Asterostomella parameriae Asterostomella pelladensis Asterostomella polystigma Asterostomella pongamiae Asterostomella pseudospondiadis Asterostomella radermacherae Asterostomella rhaphiostylidis Asterostomella roureae Asterostomella scolopiae-crenatae Asterostomella shoreae Asterostomella splendida Asterostomella stipitipodia Asterostomella strombosiae Asterostomella strophanthi Asterostomella terminaliae Asterostomella tonduzii Asterostomella tosaensis Asterostomella trematis Asterostomella ubatubensis Asterostomella vernoniae Asterostomella visci Asterostomella vismiae Asterostomella walleniae Asterostomella xylosmae Asterostomella ziziphinaFormer species;A. cristata = Asterina solanicola AsterinaceaeA. epiphylla var. gallica = Asterostomella epiphyllaA. lepianthis = Asterina lepianthisA. meliosmae = Asterostomella tosaensisA. meliosmicola = Asterostomella meliosmigenaA. veronicae = ''Asterina veronicae''