Elsinoë pyri
| Elsinoë pyri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Myriangiales |
| Family: | Elsinoaceae |
| Genus: | Elsinoë |
| Species: | E. pyri
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| Binomial name | |
| Elsinoë pyri (Woron.) Jenkins (1932)
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Elsinoë pyri is a species of fungus in the family Elsinoaceae. It is a plant pathogen that grows on apple (Pyrus malus). First described scientifically by Nikolai Nikolaevich Woronichin in 1914 as a species of Plectodiscella,[2] the fungus was transferred to the genus Elsinoë by American mycologist Anna Eliza Jenkins in 1932.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Elsinoë pyri (Woron.) Jenkins, Journal of Agricultural Research 44: 696 (1932)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ Woronichin NN. (1914). "Plectodiscella piri, der Vertreter einer neuen Ascomyceten-Gruppe". Mykologisches Zentralblatt (in German). 4: 225–33.
- ^ Jenkins AE. (1932). "Elsinoë on apple and pear" (PDF). Journal of Agricultural Research. 44: 689–700.
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