| Sphaerotheca | |
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| Sphaerotheca fuliginea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Erysiphales |
| Family: | Erysiphaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaerotheca Lév. |
| Type species | |
| Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lév. |
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| Species | |
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S. castagnei |
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Sphaerotheca is a genus of ascomycete fungi that currently includes two plant pathogen species, Sphaerotheca epilobii and Sphaerotheca castagnei, that cause forms of Powdery mildew. The original type species, Sphaerotheca pannosa, now belongs to the genus Podosphaera.