''Elsinoë pyri'' is a species of
fungus in the family
Elsinoaceae. It is a
plant pathogen
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
that grows on
apple (''Pyrus malus''). First
described scientifically by
Nikolai Nikolaevich Woronichin
Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to:
People Royalty
* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
* Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nik ...
in 1914 as a species of ''
Plectodiscella'',
the fungus was transferred to the genus ''
Elsinoë'' by American mycologist
Anna Eliza Jenkins in 1932.
References
Elsinoë
Fungi described in 1914
Fungi of Europe
Fungi of North America
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