Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


shepherd's crook leaf and shoot blight
Venturia populina (Vuill.) Fabric.

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shepherd's crook leaf and shoot blight
Venturia populina
Symptoms
Jane Taylor


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Venturiaceae
Genus: Venturia

Other System Links

Species Fungorum: 156034
NPDN Pest: FBBJVBF



References

Common Name Reference: Sinclair, W.A., H.F. Lyon and W.T. Johnson. 1987. Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 574 pp.
Scientific Name Reference: Index Fungorum. Paul Kirk. CABI, CBS and Landcare Research. http://www.indexfungorum.org/