Microsphaera grossulariae (Wallr.) Sacc.
(a powdery mildew)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrosphaera grossulariae (a powdery mildew)
GenusMicrosphaera (a genus of powdery mildews)
FamilyERYSIPHACEAE (powdery mildews)
OrderERYSIPHALES (powdery mildews)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Microsphaera grossulariae (a powdery mildew) :
1: Microsphaera grossulariae (a powdery mildew)
25 Sep 2005 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Cleistothecia on upper side of leaves of Gooseberry . Photos: Infection, cleistothecia and appendages
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surfaceImage 2: Infected leaf - under surfaceImage 3: Cleistothecia on leaf top surface - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Infection - leaf top surface - highly enlargedImage 5: Infection with sparse cleistothecia - leaf top surface - highly enlargedImage 6: Cleistothecial appendage - magnifiedImage 7: Cleistothecium - squash prep - microscope low magnificationImage 8: Cleistothecium - squash prep - microscope low magnification (2)Image 9: Cleistothecium - squash prep - microscope low magnification (3)

Microsphaera grossulariae (a powdery mildew) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microsphaera grossulariae (a powdery mildew)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microsphaera grossulariae (a powdery mildew)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)