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(Redirected from Fusicladium virescens) Species of fungus

Venturia pyrina
Pear scab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Venturiaceae
Genus: Venturia
Species: V. pyrina
Binomial name
Venturia pyrina
Aderh. (1896)
Synonyms

Endostigme pyrina (Aderh.) Syd. (1923)
Fusicladium pyrorum (Lib.) Fuckel , (1870)
Fusicladium virescens Bonord. (1851)
Helminthosporium pyrorum Lib. , (1832)
Megacladosporium pyrinum (Lib.) Vienn.-Bourg. (1949)
Venturia pyrina f. piri Bref. (1891)

Venturia pyrina is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes scab or black spot of pear. It has a widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown.

References

  1. Sivanesan A, Waller JM (1974). "Venturia pirina". CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria (404). Kew, Surrey, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute. doi:10.1079/DFB/20056400404.
Taxon identifiers
Venturia pyrina


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