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Taphrina maculans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Taphrinomycetes
Order:	Taphrinales
Family:	Taphrinaceae
Genus:	Taphrina
Species:	T. maculans
Binomial name
Taphrina maculans E.J.Butler (1911)

Taphrina maculans is a fungal plant pathogen that is the causative agent of leaf blotch of turmeric plants. It has been reported from Bangladesh and India. The fungus was first described scientifically by Irish mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911.

References

1. Ravindran, P.N.; Babu, K. Nirmal; Sivaraman, Kandaswamy (2007). Turmeric: The genus Curcuma. CRC Press. ISBN 9781420006322.
2. Butler, E.J. (1911). "The leaf spot of turmeric (Taphrina maculans sp. nov.)". Annales Mycologici. 9: 36–39.

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