Monochaetia

Monochaetia is a genus of fungi in the family Sporocadaceae. Species in the genus are typically plant parasites and saprobes, and cause leaf spot diseases on various hosts.

The genus Monochaetia was introduced by Allescher in 1902, it had 23 species originally. Allescher (1902) also designated the type as Monochaetia monochaeta, which has a single apical appendage (Guba 1961; Maharachch. et al. 2014; Senanayake et al. 2015). Steyaert (in 1949) transferred numerous Monochaetia species to Pestalotiopsis or Truncatella. More than 40 species of Monochaetia were recognised by the monograph of Guba (1961). There are 127 Monochaetia epithets in the Index Fungorum (as of 31 March 2022) and most have been transferred to other genera such as Sarcostroma, Seimatosporium and Seiridium (Nag Raj 1993; Maharachch. et al. 2011, 2014, 2016).

Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;


 * Monochaetia breviformis
 * Monochaetia caffra
 * Monochaetia camelliae
 * Monochaetia carissae
 * Monochaetia caryotae
 * Monochaetia castaneae
 * Monochaetia compta
 * Monochaetia concentrica
 * Monochaetia cornicola
 * Monochaetia cryptomeriae
 * Monochaetia curtisii
 * Monochaetia cycadis
 * Monochaetia dalbergiae
 * Monochaetia dimorphospora
 * Monochaetia diospyri
 * Monochaetia elaeocarpi
 * Monochaetia garciniae
 * Monochaetia hirta
 * Monochaetia hysteriiformis
 * Monochaetia ilicina
 * Monochaetia ilicis
 * Monochaetia jabalpurensis
 * Monochaetia junipericola
 * Monochaetia karstenii
 * Monochaetia lentisci


 * Monochaetia mangiferae
 * Monochaetia massachusettsianum
 * Monochaetia monochaeta
 * Monochaetia nodosporella
 * Monochaetia osyridella
 * Monochaetia pachyspora
 * Monochaetia punicae
 * Monochaetia quercus
 * Monochaetia rhododendricola
 * Monochaetia rosenwaldii
 * Monochaetia rubi
 * Monochaetia russeliae
 * Monochaetia sabinae
 * Monochaetia saccardoi
 * Monochaetia salaccae
 * Monochaetia schini
 * Monochaetia seiridioides
 * Monochaetia sinensis
 * Monochaetia taphrinicola
 * Monochaetia vernoniae