Podosphaera plantaginis

Podosphaera plantaginis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Podosphaera
Species:	P. plantaginis
Binomial name
Podosphaera plantaginis (Castagne) U. Braun & S. Takam., 2000
Synonyms
Erysiphe plantaginisCastagne, 1845 Sphaerotheca plantaginis(Castagne) L. Junell, 1966

Podosphaera plantaginis is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found across the world, where it affects plantains (genus Plantago ).

Description

The fungus forms thin, white irregular patches on the leaves of its host. P. plantaginis infects narrow-leaved plantains such as Pl. lanceolata , which can also be infected by Golovinomyces sordidus . ^[1] As a result, records on these hosts are best confirmed by microscopy, as macromorphological differences are not yet known.

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 1965 by Castagne with the basionym Erysipheplantaginis. The taxon was transferred to the genus Podosphaera by Uwe Braun and Susumu Takamatsu in 2000. ^[2]

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. Braun, Uwe; Takamatsu, Susumu (2000). "Phylogeny of Erysiphe, Microsphaera, Uncinula (Erysipheae) and Cystotheca, Podosphaera, Sphaerotheca (Cystotheceae) inferred from rDNA ITS sequences–some taxonomic consequences". Schlechtendalia. 4: 31.