Taphrina deformans

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Taphrina deformans

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Taphrinomycetes
Subclass: Taphrinomycetidae
Order: Taphrinales
Family: Taphrinaceae
Genus: Taphrina
Species: T. deformans
Binomial name
Taphrina deformans
(Berk.) Tul., (1866)
Synonyms

Ascomyces deformans Berk., (1860)
Exoascus amygdali Jacz., (1926)
Exoascus deformans (Berk.) Fuckel, (1870)
Taphrina amygdali (Jacz.) Mix, (1936)

Taphrina deformans is a plant pathogen, who is the causal agent of peach leaf curl.[1]

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Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database

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