Name:		Microsphaera penicillata Lév., (1851) page 155, 381
Basionym:		Alphitomorpha penicillata Wallr.
Synonym(s):		Erysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Fr. Microsphaera alni (Wallr.) G. Winter (1884)
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Microsphaera Lév. [Genus] Erysiphaceae Tul. & C. Tul. [Family] Erysiphales H. Gwynne-Vaughan [Order] Leotiomycetidae [Subclass] Leotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Microsphaera penicillata forma aesculi Marchenko Microsphaera penicillata forma carpini Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma caryae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma castaneae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma ceanothi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma celastri Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma cephalanthi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma chionanthi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma corni Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma coryli Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma cytisi Marchenko Microsphaera penicillata forma euonymi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma evonymi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma fagi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma forestieri Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma gleditschiae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma gymnocladi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma ilicis Potebnia Microsphaera penicillata forma juglandis Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma lathyri Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma ligustri Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma menispermi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma nemopanthi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma ostryae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma penicillata Microsphaera penicillata forma picrasmae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma platani Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma populi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma quercina Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma rhamni-cathartici Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma rhododendri Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma schizandrae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma styracis Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma syringae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma ulmi Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma vaccinii Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma viburni Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata forma zelkowae Jacz. Microsphaera penicillata var. calocladophora (G.F. Atk.) E.S. Salmon Microsphaera penicillata var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) W.B. Cooke Microsphaera penicillata var. lonicerae (Fr.) W.B. Cooke Microsphaera penicillata var. ludens E.S. Salmon Microsphaera penicillata var. penicillata Microsphaera penicillata var. pseudolonicerae E.S. Salmon Microsphaera penicillata var. rhamni-cathartici Microsphaera penicillata var. rhamni-frangulae (Fr.) W.B. Cooke Microsphaera penicillata var. vaccinii (Schwein.) W.B. Cooke Microsphaera penicillata var. yamadai E.S. Salmon
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 1: 13, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 437, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 87, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 1271, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 22: 24
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (70 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]