Venturia pyrina

Venturia pyrina
	Pear scab
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Venturiaceae
Genus:	Venturia
Species:	V. pyrina
Binomial name
	Venturia pyrina; Aderh. (1896)
Synonyms
	Endostigme pyrina (Aderh.) Syd. (1923); Fusicladium pyrorum (Lib.) Fuckel [as 'pirinum'], (1870); Fusicladium virescens Bonord. (1851); Helminthosporium pyrorum Lib. [as 'Helmisporium'], (1832); Megacladosporium pyrinum (Lib.) Vienn.-Bourg. (1949); Venturia pyrina f. piri Bref. (1891)

Venturia pyrina is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes scab or black spot of pear. It has a widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown.^[1]

References

^ Sivanesan A, Waller JM (1974). "Venturia pirina". CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria (404). Kew, Surrey, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute. doi:10.1079/DFB/20056400404.

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