Definition of Family erysiphaceae

1. Noun. Family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews.

Exact synonyms: Erysiphaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Erysiphales, Order Erysiphales
Member holonyms: Erysiphe, Genus Erysiphe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Erysiphaceae

family Endamoebidae
family Engraulidae
family Enterobacteriaceae
family Entolomataceae
family Entomophthoraceae
family Epacridaceae
family Ephedraceae
family Ephemeridae
family Ephippidae
family Equidae
family Equisetaceae
family Erethizontidae
family Ericaceae
family Erinaceidae
family Eriocaulaceae
family Erysiphaceae
family Erythroxylaceae
family Eschrichtiidae
family Esocidae
family Euglenaceae
family Euphorbiaceae
family Eurylaimidae
family Exocoetidae
family Fabaceae
family Fagaceae
family Falconidae
family Fasciolidae
family Felidae
family Filariidae
family Fissurellidae

Literary usage of Family erysiphaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"The limitation of the family erysiphaceae to these six genera is not in universal use. Saccardo in the " Sylloge " (307)* divides the family into two ..."

2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"... The leaves and sometimes the twigs and fruits of many kinds of plants are attacked by the fungi of the family Erysiphaceae, which cause powdery mildews. ..."

3. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"In the Powdery Mildews (family erysiphaceae), which are all parasitic, the jointed filaments closely cover the leaves and other tender parts of many plants, ..."

4. A Laboratory Manual of High School Botany by Frederic Edward Clements, Irving Samuel Cutter (1900)
"... family erysiphaceae 21. Uncinula salicis: scrape a number of the spore fruits from the leaf of the host and mount in weak alcohol; draw a perithecium ..."

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