Phyllactinia takamatsui

Phyllactinia takamatsui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Phyllactinia
Species:	P. takamatsui
Binomial name
Phyllactinia takamatsui Khodap. & A.H. Mohammadi, 2016

Phyllactinia takamatsui is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found in North America and Eurasia, where it affects the genus Cotoneaster .

Description

The fungus forms a weak, very thin, often smooth coating on the undersides of leaves of Cotoneaster . Phyllactinia pyri-serotinae is also reported from this genus. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 2016 by Khodaparast and Mohammadi. The type specimen was collected in Iran. ^[2] The species is named after Japanese mycologist Susumu Takamatsu.

References

1. 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.
2. Khodaparast, Seyed Akbar; Mohammadi, Amir Hossein; Haghdel, Masoumeh; Masigol, Hossein (2016). "Taxonomy and phylogenetic position of Phyllactinia takamatsui, a newly described powdery mildew on cotoneaster, based on molecular and morphological data" . Mycological Progress. 15 (5). doi:10.1007/s11557-016-1191-y. ISSN   1617-416X.