Species of fungus
| Microsphaera penicillata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Fungi
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| Division:
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Ascomycota
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| Class:
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Leotiomycetes
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| Order:
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Erysiphales
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| Family:
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Erysiphaceae
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| Genus:
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Microsphaera
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| Species:
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M. penicillata
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| Binomial name
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Microsphaera penicillata
(Wallr.) Lév., (1851)
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| Synonyms
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Alphitomorpha penicillata Wallr., (1819)
Erysiphe alni DC., (1815)
Erysiphe extensa (Cooke & Peck) U. Braun & S. Takam., (2000)
Erysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Fr., (1829)
Microsphaera alni (DC. ex Wallr.) G. Winter, (1884)
Microsphaera alni var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) E.S. Salmon, (1900)
Microsphaera extensa Cooke & Peck, (1872)
Microsphaera penicillata var. extensa (Cooke & Peck) W.B. Cooke, (1952)
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Microsphaera penicillata is a plant pathogen that causes powdery mildew on sycamore.
Spores of the Oidium anamorph of Microsphaera penicillata
It also affects certain species of Corylus including Corylus sieboldiana, Corylus colurna and Corylus heterophylla.[1]
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