- Venturia pyrina
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Venturia pyrina Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Dothideomycetes Order: Pleosporales Family: Venturiaceae Genus: Venturia Species: V. pyrina Binomial name Venturia pyrina
Aderh. (1896)Synonyms Endostigme pyrina (Aderh.) Syd. (1923)
Fusicladium pyrorum (Lib.) Fuckel [as 'pirinum'], (1870)
Fusicladium virescens Bonord. (1851)
Helminthosporium pyrorum Lib. [as 'Helmisporium'], (1832)
Megacladosporium pyrinum (Lib.) Vienn.-Bourg. (1949)
Venturia pyrina f. piri Bref. (1891)Venturia pyrina is a species of fungus in the Venturiaceae family. A plant pathogen, it causes scab or black spot of pear. It has a widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown.[1]
References
- ^ Sivanesan A, Waller JM. (1974). "Venturia pirina". CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria (Kew, Surrey, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute) (404).
External links
Categories:- Fungi described in 1896
- Plant pathogens and diseases
- Venturiaceae
- Pleosporales stubs
- Plant disease stubs
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