Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam. is a fungus in the Erysiphaceae family, order Helotiales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam. (Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam.)
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Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam.

Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam.

Podosphaera aphanis is a highly host-specific fungus that forms thin white leaf patches on its host. It only infects one plant genus.

Family
Genus
Podosphaera
Order
Helotiales
Class
Leotiomycetes

About Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam.

This fungus has the scientific name Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U.Braun & S.Takam. It forms thin, white, irregular patches on the leaves of its host. Like most members of the Erysiphaceae family, Podosphaera aphanis is highly host-specific, and only infects plants from a single genus.

Photo: (c) Nicolas Schwab, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nicolas Schwab · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Fungi Ascomycota Leotiomycetes Helotiales Erysiphaceae Podosphaera

More from Erysiphaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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