Venturia carpophila is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes freckle, black spot, peach scab or black scab of peach. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. The species was described as new to science in 1961 by the Australian mycologist Eileen E. Fisher.[1]
| Venturia carpophila | |
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| Elberta peaches damaged by Venturia carpophila | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Venturiaceae |
| Genus: | Venturia |
| Species: | V. carpophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Venturia carpophila E.E.Fisher (1961)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cladosporium carpophilum | |
References
edit- ^ Fisher EE. (1961). "Venturia carpophila sp. nov., the ascigerous state of the apricot freckle fungus". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 44 (3): 337–42. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(61)80026-0.
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