Taphrina bullata

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Taphrina bullata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Taphrinomycetes
Order: Taphrinales
Family: Taphrinaceae
Genus: Taphrina
Species:
T. bullata
Binomial name
Taphrina bullata
(Berk. & Broome) Tul. (1866)

Taphrina bullata is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen. It causes leaf blisters on pear trees. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Cunnington, James H.; Mann, Ross C. (2004). "The disappearance of Taphrina bullata from Australia". Australasian Plant Pathology. 33 (1): 125. doi:10.1071/AP03090. ISSN   0815-3191.
  2. Petrýdesová, Jana; Bacigálová, Kamila; Sulo, Pavol (2013-08-01). "The reassignment of three 'lost' Taphrina species (Taphrina bullata, Taphrina insititiae and Taphrina rhizophora) supported by the divergence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt_8): 3091–3098. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.052712-0. ISSN   1466-5026.