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Plowrightia is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothioraceae.

The genus name of Plowrightia is in honour of Charles Bagge Plowright (1849–1910), who was a British doctor and mycologist.

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.2 on page 635 in 1883.

Plowrightia mereschkowskyi is lichenicolous fungus (a parasite on living lichens) (on Aspicilia hispida).

Species
The genus has about 17 accepted species;
 * Plowrightia agaves
 * Plowrightia argentinensis
 * Plowrightia atlantiae
 * Plowrightia circumscissa
 * Plowrightia indica
 * Plowrightia luxurians
 * Plowrightia mali
 * Plowrightia massariae
 * Plowrightia mereschkowskyi
 * Plowrightia orbicula
 * Plowrightia neomexicana
 * Plowrightia pelvetiae
 * Plowrightia philadelphi
 * Plowrightia puiggarii
 * Plowrightia quercina
 * Plowrightia solanicola
 * Plowrightia tuberculiformis

Former species
A lot of species of Urceolella have been moved to other genera and also families;


 * P. abietis = Xenomeris abietis Venturiaceae
 * P. andicola = Phyllachora andicola Phyllachoraceae
 * P. balansiana = Uleodothis balansiana Venturiaceae
 * P. berberidis = Dothidea berberidis Dothideaceae
 * P. bullata = Systremma placenta Dothideaceae
 * P. calystegiae = Dothidella calystegiae Polystomellaceae
 * P. concaviuscula = Scirrhia concaviuscula Dothideaceae
 * P. derridis = Dothidella derridis Polystomellaceae
 * P. diplothemii = Coccostromopsis diplothemii Phyllachoraceae
 * P. gastrolobii = Microcyclus gastrolobii Planistromellaceae
 * P. hieronymi = Microcyclus tinctoria Planistromellaceae
 * P. hippophaes = Dothidea hippophaes Dothideaceae
 * P. insculpta = Dothidea insculpta Dothideaceae
 * P. koordersii = Dothidella koordersiiPolystomellaceae
 * P. martianoffiana = Dothidella martianoffiana Polystomellaceae
 * P. mezerei = Dothidella mezerei Polystomellaceae
 * P. morbosa = Apiosporina morbosa Venturiaceae
 * P. noxia = Fusicoccum noxium Botryosphaeriaceae
 * P. oxylobii = Microcyclus oxylobii Planistromellaceae
 * P. paradoxa = Camarosporium quaternatum Camarosporiaceae
 * P. parryi = Planistromella parryi Planistromellaceae
 * P. periclymeni = Dothidella periclymeni Polystomellaceae
 * P. placida = Coccodothella placida Coccoideaceae
 * P. polyspora = Sydowia polyspora Dothioraceae
 * P. rhynchosporae = Uleodothis rhynchosporae Venturiaceae
 * P. ribesia = Dothiora ribesia Botryosphaeriaceae
 * P. staphylina = Otthiella staphylina Dothideomycetes
 * P. symphoricarpi = Dothidotthia symphoricarpi Dothidotthiaceae
 * P. trifolii = Polythrincium trifolii Mycosphaerellaceae
 * P. virgultorum = Anisogramma virgultorum Diaporthales
 * P. virgultorum var. nana = Anisogramma virgultorum Diaporthales