Definition of Erysiphe

1. Noun. Genus of powdery mildews.

Exact synonyms: Genus Erysiphe
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Erysiphaceae, Family Erysiphaceae
Member holonyms: Powdery Mildew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erysiphe

Erymanthus
Eryngium
Eryngium aquaticum
Eryngium maritimum
Eryngium yuccifolium
Erysimum
Erysimum allionii
Erysimum arkansanum
Erysimum asperum
Erysimum cheiranthoides
Erysimum cheiri
Erysipelothrix insidiosa
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Erysiphaceae
Erysiphales
Erysiphe (current term)
Erythrina Indica
Erythrina caffra
Erythrina corallodendrum
Erythrina crista-galli
Erythrina lysistemon
Erythrina variegata
Erythrina vespertilio
Erythrocin
Erythronium albidum
Erythronium americanum
Erythronium californicum
Erythronium dens-canis
Erythronium grandiflorum
Erythronium montanum

Literary usage of Erysiphe

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

1. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1827)
"Erysiphe adunca, Link, in Willd. Sp. Pi. v. 6. Pt. 1. p. 111. ... Erysiphe Prunastri, De Cand. 1. cp 108. Erysiphe clandestina, Bernard, St. Sicil. 3. p. ..."

2. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"The generic name Erysiphe was the term given to mildew by the Greeks ; the specific name ... With these minute suckers the Erysiphe adheres to its host, ..."

3. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"Erysiphe graminis, DO THERE are few fungi more common or injurious in warm dry weather than the fungus of grass mildew, grass blight, or wheat rust,—or ..."

4. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"Erysiphe COMMUNIS. For the fungi, the most accurate and complete account of ... will be given as described by Harper in the ascus of Erysiphe communis. ..."

5. Verslagen en Mededeelingen by Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde (1884)
"Haarlem. ƒ. in foliis Plantaginis majoris. — Leiden, Dordrecht. — Maastricht. g. in foliis Plantaginis maritimae. — Amsterdam. 4. Erysiphe ..."

6. Rust, smut, mildew, & mould: an introduction to the study of microscopic fungi by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1878)
"Sporangium of Erysiphe Martii + highly. x80. XII. 243. ... Sucker from the mycelium of Erysiphe communis, magnified. „ 244. Sporangium of same, containing ..."

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