Erysiphe penicillata

Erysiphe penicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Erysiphe
Species:
E. penicillata
Binomial name
Erysiphe penicillata
(Wallr.) Fr., 1829[1]
Synonyms
  • Alphitomorpha penicillata Wallr., 1819
  • Microsphaera penicillata (Schltdl.) Cooke, 1865

Erysiphe penicillata is a plant pathogen that causes powdery mildew on alder.

It has also been reported to have affected certain species of Corylus including Corylus sieboldiana, Corylus colurna and Corylus heterophylla,[2] although this is doubtful following Bradshaw et al. (2021).

References

  1. ^ "Erysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Fr". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  2. ^ Perley Spaulding Foreign Diseases of Forest Trees of the World: An Annotated List (August 1961), p. 303, at Google Books