Podosphaera leucotricha (Ellis & Everh.) E.S. Salmon
(Apple Powdery Mildew)

Interactions where Podosphaera leucotricha is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		parasitises			Cydonia oblonga	Quince	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/	Cydonia oblonga	quince					Major
cleistothecium		cleistothecium infects and damages live leaf			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	leaf
cleistothecium		cleistothecium infects and damages live twig (thin)			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	twig (thin)
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph infects and damages live twig (thin)			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	twig (thin)
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	leaf
		parasitises			Malus baccata	Siberian Crab	Rosales: Rosaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus baccata/	Malus baccata	Siberian crab
		parasitises			Malus floribunda	Japanese Crab	Rosales: Rosaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus floribunda/	Malus floribunda	Japanese crab
		parasitises			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises live			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live leaf			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	leaf
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live shoot			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	shoot
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live flower			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	flower
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live fruit			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	fruit		Rare
		parasitises			Mespilus germanica	Medlar	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar	?
		parasitises			Photinia serratifolia	Chinese Photinia	Rosales: Rosaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Photinia serratifolia/	Photinia serratifolia	Chinese photinia
		parasitises			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear					Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Podosphaera leucotricha (Apple Powdery Mildew) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Podosphaera leucotricha (Apple Powdery Mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Podosphaera leucotricha (Apple Powdery Mildew)
Genus	Podosphaera (a genus of powdery mildews)
Family	ERYSIPHACEAE (powdery mildews)
Order	ERYSIPHALES (powdery mildews)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Podosphaera leucotricha is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Podosphaera leucotricha (Apple Powdery Mildew)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fox, R.T.V.	1990	Fungal foes in your garden no 8: Apple Powdery Mildew	Mycologist Vol 04 (2): 82.

Podosphaera leucotricha (Apple Powdery Mildew) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Moss, M.O.	2002	The Orange Ladybird and Apple Mildew	Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 5.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Podosphaera leucotricha (Apple Powdery Mildew):

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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