Parauncinula curvispora

Parauncinula curvispora is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found on plants in the genus Fagus in Asia.^[1] It is endemic to Japan.

Parauncinula curvispora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Parauncinula
Species:	P. curvispora
Binomial name
Parauncinula curvispora (Hara) S. Takam. & U. Braun, 2005
Synonyms
Uncinula septata var. curvispora Hara, 1915 Uncinula curvispora (Hara) Hara, 1919 Erysiphe curvispora (Hara) U. Braun & S. Takam., 2000

Description

The fungus forms effuse, evanescent mycelium on the leaves of its host. Parauncinula curvispora, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and infects only Fagus.^[2]

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 1915 by Hara with the basionym Uncinula septata var. curvispora. The same author raised the variety to a species four years later. The species was transferred to the current genus Parauncinula in 2005 by Takamatsu and Braun.