Podosphaera fusca

Podosphaera fusca is a fungus that parasitically infects plants (a phytopathogen). It is the cause of powdery mildew in the genus Doronicum.

Podosphaera fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Podosphaera
Species:	P. fusca
Binomial name
Podosphaera fusca (Fr.) U. Braun & Shishkoff, (2000)
Synonyms
Erysiphe fusca Fr., 1829 Sphaerotheca fusca (Fr.) S. Blumer, 1933 Sphaerotheca codonopsis Z.Y. Zhao, 1979 Sphaerotheca erigerontis-canadensis (Lév.) L. Junell, 1966 Erysiphe doronici Duby, 1830

P. fusca was formerly considered synonymous with Podosphaera xanthii,^[1] but due to, mainly, the smaller ascomata and smaller oculi than P. xanthii, it was deemed a separate species.^[2] While P. xanthii remains a large species complex (with P. xanthii s.s. on Xanthium), P. fusca is now very narrowly defined.