Elsinoë pyri

Elsinoë pyri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Myriangiales
Family:	Elsinoaceae
Genus:	Elsinoe
Species:	E. pyri
Binomial name
	Elsinoë pyri; (Woron.) Jenkins (1932)
Synonyms
	Plectodiscella piri Woron. (1914); ; Elsinoë piri (Woron.) Jenkins (1932); Sphaceloma pyrinum (Peglion) Jenkins (1937);

Elsinoë pyri is a species of fungus in the family Elsinoaceae. It is a plant pathogen that grows on apple (Pyrus malus). First described scientifically by Nikolai Nikolaevich Woronichin in 1914 as a species of Plectodiscella,^[2] the fungus was transferred to the genus Elsinoë by American mycologist Anna Eliza Jenkins in 1932.^[3]

References

^ "Elsinoë pyri (Woron.) Jenkins, Journal of Agricultural Research 44: 696 (1932)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
^ Woronichin NN. (1914). "Plectodiscella piri, der Vertreter einer neuen Ascomyceten-Gruppe". Mykologisches Zentralblatt (in German). 4: 225–33.
^ Jenkins AE. (1932). "Elsinoë on apple and pear" (PDF). Journal of Agricultural Research. 44: 689–700.

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