Vestergrenia

Vestergrenia is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothideaceae. The type species is Vestergrenia nervisequia.

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm in Hedwigia vol.40 on page 100 in 1901.

The genus name of Vestergrenia is in honour of Jacob Tycho Conrad Vestergren (1875–1930), who was a Swedish teacher and botanist (Mycology). He taught chemistry und botany at various schools and university institutions in Stockholm.

Affects
It has been found on the dead stems of Cryptostegia grandiflora in Kannad, India. It causes roundish, dark brown spots about 1mm wide. In New Zealand, Vestergrenia leucopogonis was found on Cyathodes fasciculata and Leucopogon fasciculatus.

Distribution
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, for example species Vestergrenia multipunctata is found in New Zealand, with Vestergrenia leucopogonis. While specimens of Vestergrenia nervisequia were found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vestergrenia pandani has been recorded in India.

Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;


 * Vestergrenia achyranthis
 * Vestergrenia atropurpurea
 * Vestergrenia bosei
 * Vestergrenia cestri
 * Vestergrenia chaenostoma
 * Vestergrenia clerodendri
 * Vestergrenia clusiae
 * Vestergrenia daphniphylli
 * Vestergrenia dinochloae
 * Vestergrenia egenula
 * Vestergrenia globosa
 * Vestergrenia indica
 * Vestergrenia ixorae
 * Vestergrenia justiciae
 * Vestergrenia kamatii
 * Vestergrenia leucopogonis
 * Vestergrenia multipunctata
 * Vestergrenia neolitseae
 * Vestergrenia nervisequia
 * Vestergrenia pandani
 * Vestergrenia pipericola
 * Vestergrenia sarcococcae
 * Vestergrenia tetrazygiae
 * Vestergrenia venezuelensis

Former species;
 * V. heterostemmatis = Guignardia heterostemmatis, Phyllostictaceae family
 * V. micheliae = Phyllachorella micheliae, Dothideaceae
 * V. umbellata = Petasodes umbellata, Diaporthaceae family