Mycosphaerella pomi

Mycosphaerella pomi is a fungus in the Mycosphaerellaceae family.^[1]

Mycosphaerella pomi
Mycosphaerella pomi a) spot induced by inoculation of apple, b) mycelium in agar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Mycosphaerella
Species:	M. pomi
Binomial name
Mycosphaerella pomi (Pass.) Lindau, (1897)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Aposphaeria pomi (Schulzer & Sacc.) Sacc. Cylindrosporium pomi C. Brooks Phoma limitata (Peck) Boerema, (1965) Phoma pomi Schulzer & Sacc. Phyllosticta limitata Peck, (1897) Phyllosticta mali Prill. & Delacr., (1890) Pseudocercosporella pomi (C. Brooks) Noordel. & Boerema, (1988) Sphaerella pomi Pass., (1878)

It was first described by Giovanni Passerini in 1878 as Sphaerella pomi,^[2] and transferred to the genus, Mycosphaerella, in 1897 by Gustav Lindau.^[2][3] The species epithet, pomi, is the genitive of Latin, pomum ("apple") and refers to the fact that this is a fungus found on apples.^[3]

See also

• List of Mycosphaerella species