Taphrina maculans is a fungal plant pathogen that is the causative agent of leaf blotch of turmeric plants. It has been reported from Bangladesh and India.[1] The fungus was first described scientifically by Irish mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Taphrinomycetes |
| Order: | Taphrinales |
| Family: | Taphrinaceae |
| Genus: | Taphrina |
| Species: | T. maculans
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| Taphrina maculans E.J.Butler (1911)
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References
edit- ^ Ravindran, P.N.; Babu, K. Nirmal; Sivaraman, Kandaswamy (2007). Turmeric: The genus Curcuma. CRC Press. ISBN 9781420006322.
- ^ Butler, E.J. (1911). "The leaf spot of turmeric (Taphrina maculans sp. nov.)". Annales Mycologici. 9: 36–39.
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