Taphrina potentillae

Taphrina potentillae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Taphrinomycetes
Order: Taphrinales
Family: Taphrinaceae
Genus: Taphrina
Species: T. potentillae
Binomial name
Taphrina potentillae
(Farl.) Johanson (1886)
Synonyms[1]

Exoascus deformans var. potentillae Farl. (1883)
Ascomyces potentillae (Farl.) W.Phillips (1887)
Exoascus potentillae (Farl.) Sacc. (1889)
Exoascus potentillae (Farl.) Sacc. (1889)
Taphrina tormentillae Rostr.

Taphrina potentillae is a species of fungus in the Taphrinaceae family. A plant pathogen, it infects the flowers and leaves of species of the genera Potentilla and Parageum. The species was first described under the name Exoascus deformans var. potentillae by American botanist William Farlow in 1883.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Taphrina potentillae (Farl.) Johanson 1886". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  2. ↑ Farlow WG. (1883). "Notes on some species in the third and eleventh centuries of Ellis' North American Fungi". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 65–85. doi:10.2307/25138686.