Lentitheciaceae Y.Zhang ter, C.L.Schoch, J.Fourn., Crous & K.D.Hyde
Pleurophoma acaciae Crous , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. et al. (21 December 2016), Fungal Planet description sheets: 469– 557. Persoonia 37: 357 AFL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Western Australia, Williams, Williams Nature Reserve, on leaves of Acacia glaucoptera (Fabaceae), 18 Sept. 2015, P.W. Crous (holotype CBS H-22896, culture ex-type CPC 29188 = CBS 142111 ...)"
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 536, with authors indicated as “Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. & Hardy, G.E.St J."
  • Text: DNA sequence: from culture ex-type: GenBank KY173434 (ITS), KY173524 (LSU), KY173592 (rpb2), KY173612 (tub2)
  • Text: identifier: MB 819100
  • Etymology: "Name refers to Acacia, the host genus from which this fungus was collected."