Microsphaera penicillata

Microsphaera penicillata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
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.

It also affects certain species of Corylus including Corylus sieboldiana, Corylus colurna and Corylus heterophylla.^[1]

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