Ramularia menthicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Capnodiales |
Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
Genus: | Ramularia |
Species: | R. menthicola
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Binomial name | |
Ramularia menthicola Sacc. (1886)
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Ramularia menthicola is a species of fungus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae.[2] It is a plant pathogen that infects mint. It was formally described as a new species by the Italian mycologist Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1886.[3] In his 1998 monograph on phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, Uwe Braun suggests that Ramularia menthae should be considered a synonym to Ramularia lamii,[4] but the name remains in use in the scientific literature, and is accepted as a valid species by Index Fungorum.[1]
Some locations from which the fungus has been recorded include Malta,[5] the Nantes region of France,[6] and the Yüksekova basin in Turkey growing on Mentha longifolia.[7]