Pseudocercospora mali | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Capnodiales |
Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
Genus: | Pseudocercospora |
Species: | P. mali
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Binomial name | |
Pseudocercospora mali (Ellis & Everh.) Deighton, (1976)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Cercospora mali Ellis & Everh., J. Mycol. 4(11): 116 (1888) |
Pseudocercospora mali is a fungal plant pathogen infecting Apple trees. It was originally found on the living leaves of Pyrus malus in Louisiana, USA.[2]
It has also been found on Malus sieboldii (crabapple trees) in Japan.[3]