Fungi: Ascomycota: Leotiomycetes: Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae: Blumeria graminis (DC.) Speer

Blumeria graminis – barley powdery mildew

Synonyms: Acrosporium monilioides, Erysiphe communis, Erysiphe graminis, Oidium bulbigerum, Oidium monilinoides, Oidium monilioides, Tigria graminis.

Common name: barley powdery mildew.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Blumeria graminis (commonly called barley powdery mildew or corn mildew) is a fungus that causes powdery mildew on grasses, including cereals. It is the only species in the genus Blumeria. It has also been called Erysiphe graminis and (by its anamorph) Oidium monilioides or Oidium tritici.

Catalan: Oïdi del blat, Chinese: 禾本科布氏白粉菌, Dutch: Grasmeeldauw, Egyptian Arabic: بلوميريا جرامينيس, Persian: سفیدک سطحی گندمیان, Serbian: Пепелница жита, Slovenian: Žitna pepelovka, Swedish: Gräsmjöldagg, Welsh: Llwydni blodiog gweiriau.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Spores of powdery mildew (lawn and garden fungus) Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) at low magnification, in lugol, collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) in Melzer, collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores (conidia?) of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Chain of conidia of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores and conidia of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Grass with powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores and conidia of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores, conidia and chasmothecia(?) of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Various types of spores of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Spores and chasmothecia(?) of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Conidia and chasmothecia(?) of corn powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis (Erysiphe graminis) collected from grass on a lawn of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, March 13, 2023

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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