| Podosphaera fusca | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Podosphaera fusca on Doronicum. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Erysiphales |
| Family: | Erysiphaceae |
| Genus: | Podosphaera |
| Species: | P. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Podosphaera fusca (Fr.) U. Braun & Shishkoff, (2000) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Podosphaera fusca is a fungus that parasitically infects plants (a phytopathogen). It is the cause of powdery mildew in the genus Doronicum .
P. fusca was formerly considered synonymous with Podosphaera xanthii , [1] but due to, mainly, the smaller ascomata and smaller oculi than P. xanthii, it was deemed a separate species. [2] While P. xanthii remains a large species complex (with P. xanthii s.s. on Xanthium ), P. fusca is now very narrowly defined.