BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Preece,T.F., 1996

Downy Mildews, Powdery Mildews, Smuts & Rusts

A brief introductory guide for the amateur beginner in plant pathology. Gives useful hints on fieldcraft (eg Willis Bramley's advice to budding plant pathologists: leaves are normally green - look for bits of leaf that aren't.) Also provides a useful overview of the terminology.

Publisher British Mycological Society (BMS)
Volume 5
Pages 32
Coverage Introductory guide for beginners.
Illustrations Line drawings accomappny the text.
Identify Under a Compound Microscope (also useful to examine with x15 or x20 hand lens).

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

PERONOSPORALES E. Fisch., 1892 (downy mildews and white rusts) Identification Current
ERYSIPHALES Gwynne-Vaughan{?}, 1922 (powdery mildews) Identification Current
UREDINALES (rust fungi) Identification Current
USTILAGINOMYCETES R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky, 1997 (ustilaginomycetes) Identification Current

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