Taphrina (genus)

Taphrinales Taphrinomycetes • Ascomycota • fungi • plant diseases • pests-diseases-weeds

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Taphrina deformans symptoms on peach (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Giancarlo Dessì
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Taphrina Fr. 1815

The genus contains plant pathogenic fungi which cause galls, leaf curls and witches’ broom diseases. Their life cycle includes a yeast-like, saprobic state which multiplies by budding. The filamentous, plant pathogenic state produces a layer of asci on the infected plants, but no fruiting bodies.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Taphrina alni
• Taphrina deformans