| Erysiphe abeliicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Erysiphaceae |
| Genus: | Erysiphe |
| Species: | E. abeliicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Erysiphe abeliicola U. Braun & S. Takam., 2000 | |
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Erysiphe abeliicola is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found in Japan, where it affects Abelia . [1]
The fungus forms effuse patches of mycelium on the leaves of its host. Erysiphe abeliicola, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and infects only Abelia . It is only known from Japan. There are two other species that can be found on the same host genus: Erysiphe abeliae (known only from the type collection in China) and Erysiphe abeliana (recorded on cultivated Abelia x grandiflora in North America and Europe). [2]
The fungus was formally described in 1937 by Homma with the basionym Microsphaera abeliae. The species was transferred to the genus Erysiphe by Braun and Takamatsu in 2000, who gave it the new name Erysiphe abeliicola, as Erysiphe abeliae had already been described and referred to a different species. [3]