Species

Taphrina populi-salicis

Taphrina populi-salicis. Photo: (c) Erik Erbes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Taphrina is a fungal genus within the Ascomycota that causes leaf and catkin curl diseases and witch’s brooms of certain flowering plants. One of the more commonly observed species causes peach leaf curl. Taphrina typically grow as yeasts during one phase of their life cycles, then infect plant tissues in which typical hyphae are formed, and ultimately they form a naked layer of asci on the deformed, often brightly pigmented surfaces of their hosts. No discrete…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Taphrinomycotina
      - Class: Taphrinomycetes
        Order: Taphrinales
        Family: Taphrinaceae
        Genus: Taphrina (Leaf curl fungi)
        Species: Taphrina populi-salicis

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