Podosphaera fuliginea
(Redirected from Sphaerotheca fuliginea)
| Podosphaera fuliginea | |
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| Podosphaera fuliginea on Veronica in Canada. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Erysiphaceae |
| Genus: | Podosphaera |
| Species: | P. fuliginea
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| Binomial name | |
| Podosphaera fuliginea (Schltdl.) U. Braun & S. Takamatsu, 2000
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Podosphaera fuliginea is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found in North America and Eurasia, where it affects plants in the genus Veronica.[1]
Description
[edit]The fungus forms effuse or dense patches on host leaves, sometimes thick, white and patchy. Podosphaera fuliginea, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and infects only Veronica.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The fungus was formally described in 1819 by Schlechtendal with the basionym Alphitomorpha fuliginea. It was transferred to the genus Podosphaera by Uwe Braun and Susumu Takamatsu in 2000.[2] It was once applied to a broad host range but is now known to be confined to a single genus. Many of its former hosts now host the Podosphaera xanthii complex.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Braun, Uwe; Cook, Roger T. A. (2012). Taxonomic manual of the Erysiphales (powdery mildews). CBS biodiversity series. Utrecht: CBS-KNAW fungal biodiversity centre. ISBN 978-90-70351-89-2.
- ^ Braun, Uwe; Takamatsu, Susumu. "Phylogeny of Erysiphe, Microsphaera, Uncinula (Erysipheae) and Cystotheca, Podosphaera, Sphaerotheca (Cystotheceae) inferred from rDNA ITS sequences - some taxonomic consequences" (PDF). Schlechtendalia. 4.