Microsphaera penicillata

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Microsphaera penicillata is a plant pathogen that causes powdery mildew on sycamore.

Microsphaera penicillata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Erysiphales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Microsphaera
Species:
M. penicillata
Binomial name
Microsphaera penicillata
(Wallr.) Lév., (1851)
Synonyms

Alphitomorpha penicillata Wallr., (1819)
Erysiphe alni DC., (1815)
Erysiphe extensa (Cooke & Peck) U. Braun & S. Takam., (2000)
Erysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Fr., (1829)
Microsphaera alni (DC. ex Wallr.) G. Winter, (1884)
Microsphaera alni var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) E.S. Salmon, (1900)
Microsphaera extensa Cooke & Peck, (1872)
Microsphaera penicillata var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) W.B. Cooke, (1952)

Spores of the Oidium anamorph of Microsphaera penicillata

It also affects certain species of Corylus including Corylus sieboldiana, Corylus colurna and Corylus heterophylla.[1]

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