| Cystotheca indica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Erysiphales |
| Family: | Erysiphaceae |
| Genus: | Cystotheca |
| Species: | C. indica |
| Binomial name | |
| Cystotheca indica M.S. Patil & Maham., 1999 | |
Cystothecaindica is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found in Asia on plants in the genus Calophyllum . [1]
Many Cystotheca species form dense, white or brown, distorting patches on the leaves of their hosts. Some species in this genus are also known to cause witch's-broom galls on their hosts. Cystothecaindica, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and is only known to infect Calophyllum .
The fungus was formally described in 1999 by M.S. Patil &and Mahamulkar. The type material was originally published under the name Arachnomyces nitidus . The type specimen was collected in India, the country from which the specific epithet is derived. According to Bradshaw et al. (2023) C. indica is insufficiently known and doubtful. [2]