Erysiphe Explained

Erysiphe is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae.^[1] Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens which cause powdery mildew.

Selected species

See main article: List of Erysiphe species.

This genus includes, but is not limited to the following species:

• Erysiphe alphitoides
• Erysiphe azerbaijanica^[2]
• Erysiphe betae
• Erysiphe brunneopunctata
• Erysiphe cichoracearum
• Erysiphe communis
• Erysiphe cruciferarum
• Erysiphe diffusa (syn Erysiphe lespedezae ^[3])
• Erysiphe fernandoae
• Erysiphe flexuosa
• Erysiphe heraclei
• Erysiphe michikoae
• Erysiphe nitida
• Erysiphe pisi
• Erysiphe polygoni
• Erysiphe robiniae
• Erysiphe syringae

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1 - 58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. Abasova . Lamiya V. . Aghayeva . Dilzara N. . Takamatsu . Susumu . Erysiphe azerbaijanica and E. linderae: Two new powdery mildew species (Erysiphales) belonging to the Microsphaera lineage of Erysiphe . Mycoscience . 59 . 2 . 2018 . 10.1016/j.myc.2017.10.002 . 181–187.
3. 1. Xiao, Y.-T., C.-J. Wang, T.-C. Huang, and Y.-M. Shen. 2020. Erysiphe lespedezae causing powdery mildew on Bauhinia variegata, B. blakeana and Desmodium caudatum in Taiwan. Forest Pathology 50(5):e12631.