Podosphaera fusca

Podosphaera fusca is a fungus that parasitically infects plants (a phytopathogen). It is one cause of powdery mildew in melons and gourds.^[1]

Podosphaera fusca
Leaf damage from Podosphaera fusca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Podosphaera
Species:	P. fusca
Binomial name
Podosphaera fusca (Fr.) U. Braun & Shishkoff, (2000)
Synonyms
Erysiphe erigerontis-canadensis Lév., (1843) Erysiphe fusca Fr., (1829) Sphaerotheca elsholtziae Z.Y. Zhao, (1981) Sphaerotheca erigerontis-canadensis (Lév.) L. Junell, (1966) Sphaerotheca fusca (Fr.) S. Blumer, (1933) Sphaerotheca melampyri L. Junell, (1966) Sphaerotheca phtheirospermi Henn. & Shirai, (1900)

Some sources suggest that P. fusca should be considered synonymous with P. xanthii,^[1] while others maintain they are separate species in the subsection Magnicellulata of the section Sphaerotheca of the genus Podosphaera, as of 2011^[update], based on the size of chasmothecia, and on the thin-walled portion of the asci (oculus).^[2]