Microsphaera penicillata

Microsphaera penicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Subclass:	Leotiomycetidae
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Microsphaera
Species:	M. penicillata
Binomial name
Microsphaera penicillata (Wallr.) Lév., (1851)
Synonyms
Alphitomorpha penicillata Wallr., (1819) Erysiphe alni DC., (1815) Erysiphe extensa (Cooke & Peck) U. Braun & S. Takam., (2000) Erysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Fr., (1829) Microsphaera alni (DC. ex Wallr.) G. Winter, (1884) Microsphaera alni var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) E.S. Salmon, (1900) Microsphaera extensa Cooke & Peck, (1872) Microsphaera penicillata var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) W.B. Cooke, (1952)

Microsphaera penicillata is a plant pathogen that causes powdery mildew on sycamore.

Spores of the Oidium anamorph of Microsphaera penicillata

External links

• Index Fungorum
• USDA ARS Fungal Database

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