Sighting 4208015
Erysiphaceae (family)
Powdery Mildews at Kambah, ACT
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| Erysiphaceae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Dec 2019 | |
| Unverified | HarveyPerkins | 28 Apr 2019 |
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User's notes
Powdery mildew (possibly Podosphaera sp.) infesting zucchini leaves and stems. The ladybird is a fungus-eating ladybird Illeis galbula about 4-5 mm long.
2 comments
29 Apr 2019
It seems both Golovinomyces orontii and Podosphaera fusca (for relevant synonymy see Species fungorum) occur on Zucchini and occur in Australia. Examination with a compound microscope would be needed to distinguish between the genera and molecular methods may be necessary to confirm species. Not a group I've ever really looked at, so family level identification of Erysiphaceae is as far as I can take it. Current reference seems to be: Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews) by Uwe Braun and Roger TA Cook pub. 2012.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.036650-35.393709
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Apr 2019 02:10 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
Collections
- Fungi Other rusts, leaf spots, sooty moulds Fungal galls, other rusts, leaf spots, etc HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Erysiphaceae (family)
Species information
- Erysiphaceae (family) Scientific name
- Powdery Mildews Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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