Parauncinula curvispora

Parauncinula curvispora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Parauncinula
Species:
P. curvispora
Binomial name
Parauncinula curvispora
(Hara) S. Takam. & U. Braun, 2005
Synonyms
  • Uncinula septata var. curvispora Hara, 1915
  • Uncinula curvispora (Hara) Hara, 1919
  • Erysiphe curvispora (Hara) U. Braun & S. Takam., 2000

Parauncinula curvispora is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found on plants in the genus Fagus in Asia. It is endemic to Japan.

Description

The fungus forms effuse, evanescent mycelium on the leaves of its host. Parauncinula curvispora, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and infects only Fagus.

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 1915 by Hara with the basionym Uncinula septata var. curvispora. The same author raised the variety to a species four years later. The species was transferred to the current genus Parauncinula in 2005 by Takamatsu and Braun.

References

  1. ↑ Meeboon, Jamjan; Siahaan, Siska A.S.; Fujioka, Kayoko; Takamatsu, Susumu (2017). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Parauncinula (Erysiphales) and two new species P. polyspora and P. uncinata". Mycoscience. 58 (5): 361–368. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2017.04.007.
  2. ↑ 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.