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Phyllosticta concava
Saguaro National Park, Arizona, United States
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Phyllosticta
Species:
P. concava
Binomial name
Phyllosticta concava
Seaver (1922)

Phyllosticta concava, also known as opuntia dry rot[1] or prickly pear brown spot, is a species of fungus that infects opuntia cactus, leaving discolored circular depressions in the pads.[2][3] The species was first formally described by the mycologist Fred Jay Seaver in 1922.

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