| Cephaleuros | |
|---|---|
 C. virescens | |
| Conservation status | |
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom | |
| Phylum/Division |
Chlorophyta |
| Class |
Ulvophyceae |
| Order |
Trentepohliales |
| Family |
Trentepohliaceae |
| Genus |
Cephaleuros |
| Naming and discovery | |
| Botanist |
Kunze, 1827 |
Cephaleuros (commonly known as red rust) is a genus of parasitic algae in the Trentepohliaceae consisting of about 14 species.
Description[]
Specimens can reach up to 10 mm in size. It is parasitic on some important economic plants from the tropics and subtropics including tea, coffee, mango, and guava, causing damage to the leaves with algal growth (algal leaf spot), or killing new shoots and disfiguring fruit. Cephaleuros may sometimes grow with a fungus to form a lichen that doesn't damage the plants.
Species[]
- Cephaleuros biolophus
- Cephaleuros diffusus
- Cephaleuros drouetii
- Cephaleuros endophyticus
- Cephaleuros expansa
- Cephaleuros henningsii
- Cephaleuros karstenii
- Cephaleuros lagerheimii
- Cephaleuros minimus
- Cephaleuros parasiticus
- Cephaleuros pilosa
- Cephaleuros solutus
- Cephaleuros tumidae-setae
- Cephaleuros virescens