Parauncinula uncinata

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Parauncinula uncinata
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Erysiphales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Parauncinula
Species:
P. uncinata
Binomial name
Parauncinula uncinata
Meeboon & S. Takam. 2017

Parauncinula uncinata is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found on plants in the genus Quercus in Asia. [1] It is known only from Japan.

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Description

The fungus forms effuse, evanescent mycelium on the leaves of its host. Parauncinula uncinata, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and infects only Quercus variablilis . [1]

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 2017 by Meeboon and Takamatsu. The specific epithet derives from the uncinate appendage tips.

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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