Venturia pyrina

Venturia pyrina
Pear scab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Venturiaceae. 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]

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