Phyllactinia | |
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Various stages in the life cycle of Phyllactinia guttata. Fig 1. Natural size, on chestnut leaf. 2. Perithecium enlarged. 3. Two asci. 4.Three spores. 5.Conidia-bearing hyphae. 6.Conidium germinating. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Erysiphales |
Family: | Erysiphaceae |
Genus: | Phyllactinia Lév. (1851) |
Type species | |
Phyllactinia suffulta |
Phyllactinia is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae.[1] The type species was Phyllactinia suffulta,[2] which is now the synonym for Phyllactinia guttata.[3]
Species in this genus are plant pathogens; such as Phyllactinia guttata causing powdery mildew on hardwood trees (including almonds).[4] Also four Phyllactinia species are found on Ash trees (Fraxinus) species.[5]