Acrodontium simplex

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Acrodontium simplex is a fungus in the division Ascomycota. It is a plant pathogen that infects banana plants, causing leaf speckle. Infected leaves turn brown and may die. Taxonomy: Kingdom Fungi; Division Ascomycota; Class Ascomycetes; Subclass Incertae sedis; Order Incertae sedis; Family Incertae sedis; Genus Acrodontium; Species A. simplex. Binomial name: Acrodontium simplex (F. Mangenot) de Hoog, 1972. Synonym: Beauveria simplex F. Mangenot, 1952.