Epicoccum Explained

Epicoccum is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Didymellaceae.^{[1] [2]}

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Epicoccum andropogonearum
• Epicoccum andropogonis
• Epicoccum angulosum
• Epicoccum aponogetonicum
• Epicoccum asterinum
• Epicoccum astragali
• Epicoccum brahmanense
• Epicoccum brasiliense
• Epicoccum camelliae
• Epicoccum catenisporum
• Epicoccum cedri
• Epicoccum chloridis
• Epicoccum chrysanthemi
• Epicoccum coniferarum
• Epicoccum davidssonii
• Epicoccum deccanense
• Epicoccum dendrobii
• Epicoccum dickmanii
• Epicoccum diversisporum
• Epicoccum djirangnandiri
• Epicoccum draconis
• Epicoccum duchesneae
• Epicoccum effusum
• Epicoccum endophyticum
• Epicoccum equiseti
• Epicoccum eucalypti
• Epicoccum fructigenum
• Epicoccum granulatum
• Epicoccum henanense
• Epicoccum henningsii
• Epicoccum hordei
• Epicoccum huancayense
• Epicoccum humicola
• Epicoccum hyalopes
• Epicoccum italicum
• Epicoccum javanicum
• Epicoccum keratinophilum
• Epicoccum latusicollum
• Epicoccum layuense
• Epicoccum ligustri
• Epicoccum longiostiolatum
• Epicoccum mackenziei
• Epicoccum magnoliae
• Epicoccum majus
• Epicoccum maritimum
• Epicoccum mezzettii
• Epicoccum microscopicum
• Epicoccum mnesitheae
• Epicoccum multiceps
• Epicoccum neglectum
• Epicoccum nigrocinnabarinum
• Epicoccum nigrum
• Epicoccum nipponicum
• Epicoccum oryzae
• Epicoccum ovisporum
• Epicoccum padi
• Epicoccum pallescens
• Epicoccum pandani
• Epicoccum panici
• Epicoccum phaseoli
• Epicoccum phragmosporum
• Epicoccum pimprinum
• Epicoccum plagiochilae
• Epicoccum plurivorum
• Epicoccum pneumoniae
• Epicoccum poaceicola
• Epicoccum poae
• Epicoccum polychromum
• Epicoccum polygonati
• Epicoccum proteae
• Epicoccum pruni
• Epicoccum pseudokeratinophilum
• Epicoccum rhynchosporae
• Epicoccum rosae
• Epicoccum sibiricum
• Epicoccum sinense
• Epicoccum sorghicola
• Epicoccum sorghinum
• Epicoccum sphaerioides
• Epicoccum thailandicum
• Epicoccum tobaicum
• Epicoccum torquens
• Epicoccum triodiae
• Epicoccum tritici
• Epicoccum variabile
• Epicoccum viciae-villosae
• Epicoccum viticis
• Epicoccum yuccae
• Epicoccum yunnanense

Former species;^[3]

• E. agyrioides = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. agyrium = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. aleurophilum = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. cocos = Pseudoepicoccum cocos, Ascomycota
• E. diversisporum f. pseudoplatani = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. diversisporum var. pseudoplatani = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. echinatum = Petrakia echinata, Pseudodidymellaceae
• E. granulatum var. microsporum = Epicoccum granulatum
• E. magnoliae var. verrucosum = Epicoccum magnoliae
• E. neglectum f. menispermi = Epicoccum neglectum
• E. nigrum var. agyroides = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. pallescens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. parmeliarum = Phoma parmeliarum, Didymellaceae
• E. purpurascens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. purpurascens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. purpurascens var. aleurophilum = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. purpurascens var. tabaci = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. tabaci = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. theobromae = Apiospora arundinis, Apiosporaceae
• E. usneae = Lichenoconium usneae, Lichenoconiaceae
• E. versicolor var. nigrum = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. versicolor var. pallescens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. versicolor var. purpurascens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. versicolor var. virescens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. virescens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. vulgare = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. vulgare var. pallescens = Epicoccum nigrum
• E. vulgare var. virescens = Epicoccum nigrum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Epicoccum Link, 1816 . www.gbif.org . 22 April 2021 . en.
2. Epicoccum names - Encyclopedia of Life . eol.org .
3. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Epicoccum . www.speciesfungorum.org . 26 July 2023.