Fungalpedia – Note 2372, Erysiphaceae

 

Erysiphaceae. Tul. & C. Tul.

Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Helotiales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes: The establishment of Erysiphaceae dates back to 1861 by the brothers Tulasne. This family consists of ca. 900 species among 18 genera (Braun and Cook 2012; Marmolejo et al. 2018). As one of the most important plant pathogenic groups, species of Erysiphaceae can infect ca. 10,000 species of angiosperms including many economically important, cultivated species such as cereals, vegetables, fruit trees, and other flowering plants (Takamatsu 2018). 

 

Type genus: Erysiphe R. Hedw. ex DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 272 (1805)

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Erysiphaceae.

 

References

Braun U, Cook RTA (2012) Taxonomic manual of the Erysiphales (powdery mildews). CBS Biodiversity series 11:1–707

Marmolejo J, Siahaan SAS, Takamatsu S, Braun U (2018) Three new records of powdery mildews found in Mexico with one genus and one new species proposed. Mycoscience 59:1–7

Takamatsu S (2018) Studies on the evolution and systematics of powdery mildew fungi. J Gen Plant Pathol 84:422–426

 

Entry by

Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

 

Published online 30 April 2026

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