NEW REPORTS ON CERCOSPORA AND Cercospora-LIKE FUNGI FROM GUILAN PROVINCE, IRAN

Numerous newly collected & herbarium specimens belonging to the genus Cercospora on a variety of host plants were examined using light microscopy. Six species including Cercospora althaeina, C. flagellaris, C. texensis, Passalora circumscissa, Pseudocercospora daturina & Cercospora apii s.l. (C. avicennae, C. brachiata, C. brunkii, C. daturicola, C. hydrangeae, C. rumicis, C. kikuchii, C. xanthiicola & C. zinniae) were identified. Among these species, C. flagellaris, C. texensis, Pseudocercospora daturina are recorded for the first time from Iran. Species of Amaranthus, Datura, Rumex, Xanthium & Zinnia, respectively, are reported as new host for C. brachiata, C. rumicis, C. xanthiicola, C. zinniae in Iran.