Venturia carpophila | |
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Elberta peaches damaged by Venturia carpophila | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Venturiaceae |
Genus: | Venturia |
Species: | V. carpophila
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Binomial name | |
Venturia carpophila E.E.Fisher (1961)
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Synonyms | |
Cladosporium carpophilum |
Venturia carpophila is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes freckle, black spot, peach scab or black scab of peach. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. The species was described as new to science in 1961 by the Australian mycologist Eileen E. Fisher.[1]