Biology:Microsphaera penicillata

Microsphaera penicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Subclass:	Leotiomycetidae
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)

Short description: Species of fungus

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

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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