Kingdom Fungi Class Dothideomycetes Family Venturiaceae Scientific name Venturia carpophila | Division Ascomycota Order Pleosporales Genus Venturia Rank Species | |
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Similar Peach scab, Venturia, Tranzschelia pruni‑spinosae var disco, Stigmina carpophila, Valsaria insitiva | ||
Venturia carpophila is a species of fungus in the Venturiaceae family. 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.
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