Mycosphaerella pomi (black spot: apple)

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Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Symptoms Caption Brooks spot at the calyx end of Grimes Golden apples. Copyright T.B. Sutton	Symptoms	Brooks spot at the calyx end of Grimes Golden apples.	T.B. Sutton
Title Symptoms Caption Brooks spot on Jonathan apple fruit. Copyright K.S. Yoder	Symptoms	Brooks spot on Jonathan apple fruit.	K.S. Yoder
Title Symptoms Caption Small purple spots on an apple leaf caused by the Brooks spot fungus. Copyright T.B. Sutton	Symptoms	Small purple spots on an apple leaf caused by the Brooks spot fungus.	T.B. Sutton

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Mycosphaerella pomi (Pass.) Lindau

Preferred Common Name

• black spot: apple

Other Scientific Names

• Cylindrosporium pomi Brooks
• Phoma limitata (PECK) BOEREMA in BOEREMA & DORENBOSCH
• Phoma pomi Pass.
• Phyllosticta limitata PECK
• Phyllosticta mali PRILL. & DELACR.

International Common Names

• English: blotch: apple; fruit spot: apple; leaf spot: apple
• Spanish: jaspeado de brooks del manzano; manchas oceladas del manzano; manchas por foma del manzano
• French: taches ocellees du pommier; taches phomeennes du pommier; tacheture de brooks du pommier

Local Common Names

• Germany: Blattfleckenkrankheit: Apfel; Brennfleckenkrankheit: Apfel

EPPO code

• MYCOPO (Mycosphaerella pomi)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Fungi
•         Phylum: Ascomycota
•             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
•                 Class: Dothideomycetes
•                     Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
•                         Order: Capnodiales
•                             Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
•                                 Genus: Mycosphaerella
•                                     Species: Mycosphaerella pomi

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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