Mycosphaerella pyri (ashy: pear leaf spot)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Mycosphaerella pyri (Auersw.) Boerema

Preferred Common Name

• ashy: pear leaf spot

Other Scientific Names

• Mycosphaerella sentina (Fr.) Schröter
• Septoria pyricola Desm.
• Sphaerella pyri AUERSW.

International Common Names

• English: fruit spot: pear; leaf spot: pear
• Spanish: septoriosis del peral
• French: septoriose du poirier

Local Common Names

• Germany: Weissfleckenkrankheit: Birne

EPPO code

• MYCOPY (Mycosphaerella pyri)

Taxonomic Tree

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

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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