Parauncinula curvispora

Parauncinula curvispora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Parauncinula
Species:	P. curvispora
Binomial name
Parauncinula curvispora (Hara) S. Takam. & U. Braun, 2005
Synonyms
Uncinula septata var. curvisporaHara, 1915 Uncinula curvispora(Hara) Hara, 1919 Erysiphe curvispora(Hara) U. Braun & S. Takam., 2000

Parauncinula curvispora is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found on plants in the genus Fagus in Asia. ^[1] It is endemic to Japan.

Description

The fungus forms effuse, evanescent mycelium on the leaves of its host. Parauncinula curvispora, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and infects only Fagus . ^[2]

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 1915 by Hara with the basionym Uncinula septata var. curvispora. The same author raised the variety to a species four years later. The species was transferred to the current genus Parauncinula in 2005 by Takamatsu and Braun.

References

1. Meeboon, Jamjan; Siahaan, Siska A.S.; Fujioka, Kayoko; Takamatsu, Susumu (2017). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Parauncinula (Erysiphales) and two new species P. polyspora and P. uncinata". Mycoscience. 58 (5): 361–368. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2017.04.007.
2. Braun, Uwe; Cook, Roger T. A. (2012). Taxonomic manual of the Erysiphales (powdery mildews). CBS biodiversity series. Utrecht: CBS-KNAW fungal biodiversity centre. ISBN   978-90-70351-89-2.