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Physoderma leproides

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Species of fungus

Physoderma leproides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Blastocladiomycota
Class: Physodermatomycetes
Order: Physodermatales
Family: Physodermataceae
Genus: Physoderma
Species: P. leproides
Binomial name
Physoderma leproides
(Trab.) Lagerh. (1950)
Synonyms
  • Oedomyces leproides (Trab.) Trab. (1894)
  • Entyloma leproideum Trab. (1894)
  • Urophlyctis leproides (Trab.) Magnus (1897)

Physoderma leproides is a species of fungus in the family Physodermataceae. It is a plant pathogen that infects beets (Beta vulgaris). Common names given to the disease caused by the fungus include leaf and crown wart, marbled or beet root tumour.

See also

References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Physoderma leproides (Trab.) Lagerh., Lloydia 13(1): 42 (1950)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. "Physoderma leproides (Trab.) Lagerh". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. Gouda, M.I.; Emeran, A.A. (2007). "First report of sugar beet crown wart disease caused by Urophlyctis leproides in Egypt". Plant Pathology. 56 (2): 356–356. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01523.x.
Taxon identifiers
Physoderma leproides


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