Taphrina potentillae
Species of fungus
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Taphrina potentillae is a species of fungus in the family Taphrinaceae. A plant pathogen, it infects the flowers and leaves of species of the genera Potentilla and Parageum. The species was first described under the name Exoascus deformans var. potentillae by American botanist William Farlow in 1883.[2]
| Taphrina potentillae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Taphrinomycetes |
| Order: | Taphrinales |
| Family: | Taphrinaceae |
| Genus: | Taphrina |
| Species: | T. potentillae |
| Binomial name | |
| Taphrina potentillae (Farl.) Johanson (1886) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Exoascus deformans var. potentillae Farl. (1883) | |
