Cochliobolus

The fungal genus Cochliobolus includes 19 species, it includes some plant pathogenic species such as Cochliobolus heterostrophus. A lot of former Cochliobolus species were transferred to either Curvularia or Bipolaris genera.

Cochliobolus heterostrophus is known from "southern corn blight" which affects corn and maize.

Heterothallism and homothallism
Those fungi that need a partner to mate are referred to as heterothallic (self-sterile), and those fungi not needing a partner are referred to as homothallic (self-fertile). A study of DNA sequences of mating type loci from different heterothallic and homothallic species in the genus Cochliobolus suggests that homothallism can be derived from heterothallism by recombination.

Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;


 * Cochliobolus akaii
 * Cochliobolus akaiiensis
 * Cochliobolus bicolor
 * Cochliobolus boutelouae
 * Cochliobolus buteae
 * Cochliobolus eleusines
 * Cochliobolus geniculatus
 * Cochliobolus heliconiae
 * Cochliobolus heterostrophus
 * Cochliobolus heveicola
 * Cochliobolus luttrellii
 * Cochliobolus miakei
 * Cochliobolus neergaardii
 * Cochliobolus ovariicola
 * Cochliobolus palmivora
 * Cochliobolus sasae
 * Cochliobolus setariae
 * Cochliobolus sitharamii
 * Cochliobolus sporoboli
 * Cochliobolus tritici

Former species (all within Pleosporaceae family);


 * C. aberrans = Johnalcornia aberrans
 * C. australiensis = Curvularia tsudae
 * C. carbonum = Bipolaris zeicola
 * C. chloridis  = Bipolaris chloridis
 * C. cymbopogonis = Curvularia cymbopogonis
 * C. cynodontis = Bipolaris cynodontis
 * C. dactyloctenii = Curvularia dactyloctenii
 * C. ellisii = Drechslera ellisii
 * C. eragrostidis = Curvularia eragrostidis
 * C. graminicola = Curvularia graminicola
 * C. hawaiiensis = Curvularia hawaiiensis
 * C. heteropogonis = Curvularia heteropogonis
 * C. kusanoi = Curvularia kusanoi
 * C. lunatus = Curvularia lunata
 * C. melinidis = Bipolaris melinidis
 * C. microlaenae = Bipolaris microlaenae
 * C. miyabeanus = Bipolaris oryzae
 * C. nisikadoi = Curvularia coicis
 * C. nodulosus = Curvularia nodulosa
 * C. pallescens = Curvularia pallescens
 * C. peregianensis = Bipolaris peregianensis
 * C. perotidis = Curvularia perotidis
 * C. ravenelii = Curvularia ravenelii
 * C. sativus = Bipolaris sorokiniana
 * C. spicifer = Curvularia spicifera
 * C. stenospilus = Bipolaris stenospila
 * C. tripogonis = Curvularia tripogonis
 * C. tuberculatus = Curvularia tuberculata
 * C. verruculosus = Curvularia verruculosa
 * C. victoriae = Bipolaris victoriae
 * C. zeae = Bipolaris zeae