Synonymy:
Helminthosporium secalis Fée, Mém. Soc. Mus. Hist. Nat. Strassbourg 3: 36 (1843)
Alternaria secalis (Fée) Sacc. & Traverso, Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 20: 1184 (1911)

Helminthosporium teres Sacc., Michelia 2(no. 8): 558 (1882)
Drechslera teres (Sacc.) Shoemaker, Canad. J. Bot. 37(5): 881 (1959)
Drechslera teres (Sacc.) Shoemaker, Canad. J. Bot. 37(5): 881 (1959) f. teres
Drechslera teres (Sacc.) Shoemaker, Canad. J. Bot. 37(5): 881 (1959) subsp. teres

Helminthosporium hordei Eidam, Der Landw. (Schles. Landw. Ztg), Breslau 27: 509 (1891)

Helminthosporium tuberosum G.F. Atk., Bulletin of Cornell University 3(no. 1): 47 (1897)
Drechslera tuberosa (G.F. Atk.) Shoemaker, Canad. J. Bot. 37(5): 881 (1959)

Helminthosporium fragosoi Bubák, Hedwigia 57: 13 (1915)

Pyrenophora japonica S. Ito & Kurib., in Ito, Proc. Imper. Acad. Tokyo 6(8): 353 (1930)

Helminthosporium japonicum S. Ito & Kurib., J. Fac. agric., Hokkaido Imp. Univ., Sapporo 29: 108 (1931)

Pyrenophora secalis M.D. Whitehead & J. Dicks., Mycologia 44(6): 752 (1952)

Drechslera japonica S. Ito & Kurib. ex Shoemaker, Canad. J. Bot. 37(5): 881 (1959)

Drechslera teres f. maculata Smed.-Pet., Arb. Tiflis Bot. Gard.: 139 (1971)

Pyrenophora teres f. maculata Smed.-Pet., The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Yearbook: 139 (1971)

Position in classification:
Pyrenophora, Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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