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Article

Powdery Mildews on Trees and Shrubs in Botanical Gardens, Parks and Urban Green Areas in the Czech Republic

by
Barbora Mieslerová
1,
Michaela Sedlářová
1,
Markéta Michutová
1,
Veronika Petřeková
1,
Roger Cook
2 and
Aleš Lebeda
1,*
1
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů, 2778371 Olomouc-Holice, Czech Republic
2
30 Galtres Avenue, York YO311JT, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2020, 11(9), 967; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11090967
Submission received: 30 July 2020 / Revised: 26 August 2020 / Accepted: 1 September 2020 / Published: 4 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pests and Pathogens of Urban Trees)

Abstract

:
A total of 103 tree and shrub samples infected with powdery mildew were collected during 2002–2019 from locations within parks, botanical gardens and urban green areas within the Czech Republic and the powdery mildews were morphologically analyzed and identified. The most frequently represented genera were: Erysiphe (27, including former genera Microsphaera and Uncinula), Podosphaera (11, including former genus Sphaerotheca), Phyllactinia (3), Sawadaea (2) and Arthrocladiella (1). New records for the Czech Republic were: E. (U.) arcuata, E. (M.) deutziae, E. (M.) euonymicola, E. (U.) flexuosa, E. (M.) platani, E. (M.) symphoricarpi, E. (M.) vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae, E. (U.) ulmi, Po. amelanchieris, Po. (Sph.) pruinosa and Po. (Sph.) spiraeae. The results were compared with the spectrum of powdery mildew species in the surrounding countries (Slovakia; Hungary; Poland and Germany (Bavaria)).

1. Introduction

Recently, the recognition of the importance of trees and shrubs in parks and urban green areas within cities has been growing. Urban green areas play a crucial role in helping to keep the air clean and improving community well-being. Shrubs and trees are able to remove both harmful gases and particles from the air, whilst promoting a better quality of health and well-being [1]. Diseases on these trees and shrubs can reduce their durability, and in the most extreme cases totally destroy them (e.g., Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi on horse chestnut).
Powdery mildews are biotrophic, highly specialized pathogens, attacking nearly 10,000 species of vascular plants [2]. Somewhat confounding is the fact that more than one powdery mildew species can parasitize a single host plant. A deeper understanding of the taxonomy of this group has brought about an ever increasing number of powdery mildew species described, which in 2012 stood at 873, including 794 holomorphs; i.e., those with described asexual and sexual morphs [2]. The taxonomy of this group, after many revisions, is now greatly different, thus complicating some comparisons with historical data. Until the 1990s, the taxonomy and identification of powdery mildew fungi were based primarily on the characteristics of the teleomorph, such as the shape of the appendages on the chasmothecium (cleistothecium), or on the number of asci in the ascocarps [3]. However, studies under the scanning electron microscope showed an increased importance of the anamorphic forms in the taxonomy of powdery mildews [4]. Then, studies based on the molecular data, e.g., [5,6,7,8], confirmed that the shape of the appendages has a secondary importance. The genus Erysiphe was found to be polyphyletic, the sections Erysiphe, Galeopsidis and Golovinomyces were elevated to generic rank [9,10,11], and sect. Galeopsidis transferred to a new genus Neoerysiphe. On the other hand, Erysiphe sect. Erysiphe, Microsphaera (including Bulbomicrosphaera and Medusosphaera) and Uncinula (including Bulbouncinula, Furcouncinula and Uncinuliella) with pseudoidium anamorphs (hyphal appressoria lobed, conidia formed singly) were united to form Erysiphe emend containing three morphological sections based on shape of chasmothecial appendages, i.e., E. sects Erysiphe, Microsphaera and Uncinula with respectively mycelioid, dichotomously branched and circicinate appendages [9]. A molecular phylogenetic study of representatives of the genus Erysiphe showed these sections to be non-phylogenetic [12]. However, the older names are still useful, since those species with uncinula-type and microsphaera-type appendages mostly parasitize trees or shrubs, and those with myceloid appendages occur mostly on herbaceous plants. This suggests that appendage morphology evolved in close relationship with the host [12]. Indeed, the evolution from ancestral tree-parasites with branched or circinate appendages to those with myceloid appendages seemed to have occurred convergently at multiple times as an adaptation to herb-parasitism [13].
A similar situation exists in the genus Podosphaera, when the previous genera, Sphaerotheca and Podosphaera were only distinguished morphologically by having either simple or branched appendages on their chasmothecia. However, according to molecular analysis, they did not form separate monophyletic clades [10]. Therefore, they were subsumed into a single genus, Podosphaera, having the morphological, but non-phylogenetic sections and subsections Podosphaera sect. Podosphaera, P. sect. Sphaerotheca and P. sect. Sphaerotheca subsect. Magnicellulatae. The same principle applies here, in that P. sect. Podosphaera (appendages branched) occurs mostly on trees or shrubs, whereas P. sect. Sphaerotheca (appendages myceloid) is found mostly on herbaceous plants.
Information about the spectrum of powdery mildew species in the Czech Republic is fragmentary. Klika [14] compiled the first Czech monograph on powdery mildews in 1923. Twenty-five species in seven genera with morphological differences were described. They contained five species of Erysiphe (including Blumeria, Golovinomyces and Neoerysiphe); four each of Microsphaera (now E. sect. Microsphaera; only on tree hosts), Trichocladia (now E. sect. Microsphaera; two of them on tree hosts), Uncinula (now E. sect. Uncinula; only on tree hosts), Sphaerotheca (now Podosphaera sect. Sphaerotheca), three of Podosphaera sect. Podosphaera (only on tree hosts) and one of Phyllactinia (only on tree hosts). In addition, Klika [14] cited very sporadic collections of powdery mildews by Opitz, Bubák, Kabát and Petrák in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the area of the Czech Republic. In the last 20 years, some notes on the occurrence of new powdery mildew species on trees and shrubs in the Czech Republic were published, e.g., Erysiphe azaleae on Rhododendron spp. [15,16], Erysiphe palczewskii on Caragana arborescens Lam. [17,18], powdery mildew on Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) Meisn. [19] and contributions to the knowledge of Erysiphe sp. on Catalpa Scopoli in Europe [20].
In Slovakia (for a long time part of former Czechoslovakia), Paulech [21] published the Slovak monograph of powdery mildews; later it was primarily Pastirčáková and co-workers who made a greater contribution to the study of powdery mildews, especially on trees, e.g., the first recordings of the occurrence of Erysiphe platani on Platanus L. [22], of E. magnifica on lili magnolia [23], E. arcuata on Carpinus L. [24], E. elevata on Catalpa [25] and E. flexuosa on Aesculus L. [26].
The aims of our work were to provide an up-to-date check-list of powdery mildews on trees and shrubs in the Czech Republic, to compare this with check-lists of neighbouring countries and to point out which new powdery mildew species during the last decades have been spreading on trees and shrubs within and throughout central and eastern Europe.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Field Survey

Between 2002 and 2019, samples of leaf materials infected with powdery mildew were collected from trees and shrubs in parks, botanical gardens and urban green areas in the Czech Republic. Figure 1 shows the locations of the collected samples that are analysed microscopically. All the samples are deposited in the collections of Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc.
The Czech survey was compared with check-lists from the following three neighbouring countries: Slovakia by Paulech [21], Poland by Dynowska et al. [27], Germany/Bavaria by Bresinsky [28] and one close non-adjoining country, Hungary by Nagy and Kiss [29], as well as some later recordings in these countries.

2.2. Microscopic Analysis of Morphological Characteristics

Pieces (ca. 20 × 20 mm) of severely infected leaves were used for evaluation by light microscopy (Olympus BX60, Japan). The pathogen was not separated from the host tissue, and the microscopy was done on leaf segments fixed in glacial acetic acid (acetic acid 99%; Lach-Ner, Neratovice, Czech Republic) for 48 h, and stored in glycerol (glycerolum 85%; Tamda, Olomouc, Czech Republic). The conidia and conidiophores, mostly on the upper leaf surfaces, were microscopically examined after staining with cotton blue (Methyl Blue, Sigma-Aldrich, Prague, Czech Republic) [30]. The presence of fibrosin bodies in the conidia were assessed by mounting fresh conidia in 3% KOH (diluted from potassium hydroxide 90%, Fichema, Czech Republic) [31]. The sexual morph (chasmothecia) was inspected without any staining. In cases where dried leaf samples were analyzed, a modified method of Shin [32] was used, i.e., the heating of herbariumised tissues in fuchsine (Sigma-Aldrich, Prague, Czech Republic) in lactic acid (80% Lach-Ner, Neratovice, Czech Republic). For statistical analyses (means, standard deviations and range), 30 measurements of each characteristic (where possible) were calculated using MS Excel (2010).

2.3. Taxonomic Determination

The names of the host plants were used according to Kubát et al. [33] and Biolib (www.biolib.cz) and names of the powdery mildews according to the Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales [2], Mycobank (www.mycobank.org), and in some cases according to recent taxonomic literature.

3. Results

In total, during 2002–2019, 103 samples of trees and shrubs infected by powdery mildew were collected. A list of the host plants complemented with recently valid names of the powdery mildews according to Braun and Cook [2], along with their basic morphological characteristics are listed in Table 1. From our survey, it was clear that the upper sides of the leaves were most frequently colonised. However, the chasmothecia were frequently found on the lower sides of leaves. Powdery mildew anamorphs occurred most frequently in spring and summer, while teleomorphs were found mostly in autumn. On trees and shrubs in the Czech Republic our survey confirmed: one species of the genus Arthrocladiella, 27 species of Erysiphe, three species of Phyllactinia, 11 species of Podosphaera and two species of Sawadaea as detailed in Table 2. For simplicity, Table 3 indicates the additional species in each region compared with the Czech Republic. (Thus, species that were recorded in both another country and the Czech Republic do not appear in this Table). Figure 2 shows the leaves of the trees and shrubs with symptoms of powdery mildew, while Figure 3 shows the variability in the shapes of appendages of the chasmothecia of selected powdery mildew species.
Although the older descriptions of powdery mildews were very broadly based and involved wide host ranges, most of the species described in Klika [14] were re-confirmed in our survey as displayed in Table 2. On the other hand, there were several differences as detailed below.

3.1. Sawadaea and Arthrocladiella

In our survey we distinguished two Sawadaea taxa on Acer as the now well-defined species of S. bicornis and S. tulasnei. These two taxa were described by Klika [14] by the older names of Uncinula aceris and its var. tulasnei. In our collections, the sexual state was not always present with S. bicornis, but in these cases it was identified on the basis of symptoms. These species were confirmed in the four nearby countries, apart from Poland that recorded only S. tulasnei [27]. In Slovakia S. bicornis was more frequent [21].
Arthrocladiella on Lycium was recorded by Klika [14] as Microsphaera mougeotii. It recently occurs in the Czech Republic and surrounding countries [21,27,28,29].

3.2. Phyllactinia Species

Only three Phyllactinia species were found in our survey, namely Ph. guttata, Ph. fraxini and Ph. orbicularis, on respectively, Corylus, Fraxinus and Fagus. The differences with our neighbours, see Table 3, show that Slovakia [21] had two additional species, Ph. mali and Ph. roboris, but not Ph. orbicularis. Hungary [29] had exactly the same results as Slovakia. Poland [27] recorded an additional three species, Ph. berberidis, Ph. mali and Ph. roboris, but not Ph. fraxini or Ph. orbicularis. A very different situation was found in Bavaria [28], which had seven additional species namely: Ph. berberidis, Ph. betulae, Ph. carpini, Ph. corni, Ph. mali, Ph. marissalii and Ph. populi.

3.3. Erysiphe Species

This group gave rise to most problems in identification, in particular, those genera involving recent name changes. In our survey 27 species of Erysiphe were recorded on trees. Klika [14] described the following genera that are now mostly classed as Erysiphe emend; four Uncinula spp. (one of them Sawadaea on Acer), 4 Microsphaera spp. (one now Arthrocladiella on Lycium) and 2 Trichocladia spp. Compared with Klika [14], some additional recordings of powdery mildew species (including invasive ones) were detected. Indeed, it is an interesting fact that during the last few decades several new powdery mildew species were described in Europe, frequently due to their introduction from Asia or America. This is well illustrated with Erysiphe species whose hosts, origins and present locations are listed below. New records for the Czech Republic are in bold:
E. (M.) azaleae on Rhododendron; North American origin, first described in England from the 1990s; see Inman et al. [35] and later in Bavaria [28], Czech Republic [15], Poland [36], Slovakia [37].
E. (M.) deutziae on Deutzia; Asiatic origin, first described in Europe in 2000 [38], and later in Bavaria [28], Czech Republic (current article), Poland [38].
E. (M.) elevata on Catalpa; North American origin, first described in Europe (Hungary) in 2002 [39], and later in Bavaria [28], both in Czech Republic and Poland [20], Slovakia [25].
E. (M.) euonymicola on Euonymus fortunei; Asiatic origin, introduced to the Europe at the beginning of the 20th century; Bavaria [28], Czech Republic (current article), Poland [40].
E. (M.) palczewskii on Caragana; Asiatic origin, in Europe since the 1990s; see Lebeda et al. [18] for the Czech Republic, also in Bavaria [28], Hungary [41], Poland [27] and Slovakia [21].
E. (M.) platani on Platanus; North American origin, in Europe from 1960s [22]; later in Bavaria [28], Czech Republic (recent article), Hungary [42], Poland [43] and Slovakia [22].
E. (M.) cf. pseudoacaciae on Robinia pseudoacacia; European (Ukrainian) origin, Bavaria [28] (unclear finding), Czech Republic (current article).
E. (M.) syringae-japonicae on Syringa; Asiatic origin, in Europe since the 1990s [44]; later in Poland [45].
E. (M.) symphoricarpi on Symphoricarpos; North American origin, in Hungary since the 1980s; see Kiss et al. [46], and later in Czech Republic (current article), Poland [47] and Slovakia [21].
E. (M.) vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae on Sambucus; Asiatic origin, introduced to Europe; see Braun and Cook [2], and later in Bavaria [28], Czech Republic (current article), Poland [48].
E.(U.)arcuata on Carpinus betulus; European origin, recently in Bavaria [28], Czech Republic (current article), Poland [40], Slovakia [24].
E.(U.) flexuosa on Aesculus; North American species first described in Europe by Ale-Agha et al. [49]; later in Bavaria [28], Czech Republic (current article), Hungary [29], Poland [50], Slovakia [26].
E.(U.)ulmi on Ulmus minor; European origin; Czech Republic (current article), Hungary (as E. clandestina [29]), Germany (as E. clandestina [51]), Slovakia (as U. clandestina [21]).
All of these except E. (M.) syringae-japonicae were confirmed in our study, while Klika [14] did not mention any of them. However, most of the Erysiphe spp on trees and shrubs were shared with our neighbouring countries. On the other hand, there were several differences. For instance, E. (M.) friesii was present on Rhamnus in all four neighbours as indicated in Table 3. It is highly probable that this species occurs within the area of our republic, and its non-reporting is only due to a lack of examination of the host. In Slovakia there were three other species not recorded in our survey, namely: E. (M.) magnusii on Lonicera, E. (M.) cotini on Cotinus [21] and E. (M.) magnifica on Magnolia [23]; Hungary had the addition of E. (M.) sparsa on Viburnum [29], and Poland added E. (M.) hypophylla on Quercus [27].

3.4. Podosphaera Species

We recorded the following 11 species of Podosphaera; all were sect. Podosphaera unless stated as sect. Sphaerotheca (Sph.) and those in bold were new records for the Czech Republic: Podosphaera amelanchieris on Amelanchier (not confirmed in Slovakia, Hungary, Poland), Po. (Sph.) aphanis on Rubus, Po. aucupariae on Sorbus, Po. clandestina on Crataegus, Po. leucotricha on Malus, Po. (Sph.) mors-uvae on Ribes, Po. myrtillina on Vaccinium, Po. (Sph.) pannosa on Rosa, Podosphaera (Sph.) pruinosa on Rhus typhina (not confirmed in Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Bavaria), Podosphaera (Sph.) spiraeae on Spiraea (not confirmed in Hungary, Slovakia), Po. tridactyla on Prunus. In Bavaria Po. (Sph.) niesslii on Sorbus was the only additional Podosphaera sp. not recorded in our country [28].

4. Discussion

This was the first detailed study since Klika’s monograph [14], that was focussed on the spectrum of powdery mildew species on a selected group of plants in the Czech Republic. Questions had logically arisen as to whether the spectrum had changed and if so, how it had changed, and what were the reasons for the change.
By comparing our results with Klika’s monograph [14], it is clear that most of the powdery mildew species on trees and shrubs in our country have occurred here for a long time. Although Klika [14] did not distinguish Sawadaea, Arthrocladiella and other genera, this does not mean that these have not occurred previously in our country. This can be due to the historical changes in the taxonomy of powdery mildews, e.g., Arthrocladiella being recorded by the old name of Microsphaera mougeotii. Braun [9] placed it in Erysiphe, which was later divided into the three aforementioned genera: Erysiphe, Golovinomyces and Arthrocladiella. Now Arthrocladiella is a monotypic genus containing a single species (A. mougeotii), with Lycium (Solanaceae) as the sole host genus.
The situation with Sawadaea is similar, being recorded as Uncinula aceris in older literature [14]. Later, the name Sawadaea was introduced [52], and its status was proven by molecular sequence analysis [7].
Concerning Phyllactinia, there is also the problem of older publications having a very wide definition of some species, e.g., Ph. guttata (= Ph. corylea) has a wide host range in Klika’s monograph [14]. At the end of the last century, Ph. guttata was recognized as a species complex, consisting of several biological species [3]. Then, based on a phylogenetic study by Takamatsu et al. [53], Braun and Cook [2] confined Ph. guttata to Corylus hosts and accepted separate species on single hosts, e.g., the Phyllactinia spp. alnicola, betulae and carpini that they said were present in all or almost all Europe. Indeed, Ph. betulae and Ph. carpini were found in Bavaria [28], but Ph. alnicola was not found in our part of Europe. We all did, however, find the genuine Ph. guttata on Corylus spp. Species of Phyllactinia probably prefer much colder regions. For instance, in Wales, Chater and Woods [54] recorded 12 Phyllactinia species. Although Scholler et al. [55] had described how P. fraxinicola on Fraxinus was introduced into Europe from Eastern Asia, neither this nor any other recently introduced species of Phyllactinia were recorded in our four country surveys.
As explained above, earlier workers recognised the sections of Podosphaera (sects Podosphaera and Sphaerotheca) as full genera. For instance, on trees and shrubs in the Czech Republic, Klika [14] described two Sphaerotheca and three Podosphaera species whilst Slovakia [21] had four Sphaerotheca and four Podosphaera species. By comparison with Klika’s survey [14], the probably newly occurring species in our republic were: Po. amelanchieris, Po. (Sph.) pruinosa and Po. (Sph.) spiraeae and they were also found in Bavaria by Bresinsky [28]. The discrepancy with Klika’s list is not surprising, because the hosts (respectively Amelanchier, Rhus and Spiraea) are grown here as ornamentals, and would not have been present in Klika‘s time. All three species are missing in both the Hungarian [29], and Polish check-lists [27]. Later however, Piątek [34] confirmed Po. spiraeae in Poland.
The most complicated situation is with the genus Erysiphe. As mentioned above, the previous genera Microsphaera and Uncinula were recently made part of the genus Erysiphe; while another problem is the ever-narrowing definitions of particular species. On trees Klika [14] described four Uncinula spp. (one of them is now Sawadaea on Acer), 4 Microsphaera spp. (one is now Arthrocladiella on Lycium) and 2 Trichocladia spp. (now Erysiphe spp.).
A complicated situation arises when more than one powdery mildew species can infect one host plant. This is the case with Salix (with E. adunca and E. capreae), Quercus (with E. alphitoides and E. hypophylla), Acer (with S. bicornis and S. tulasnei), Catalpa (with Erysiphe catalpae, E. elevata and Neoerysiphe galeopsidis), Cornus (with Erysiphe pulchra and E. tortilis) and Syringa (with E. syringae and E. syringae-japonicae). Accurate and experienced interpretations of microscopical, as well as molecular analyses, are needed to fully appreciate the results of the valuable research on these species. For instance, the powdery mildews of Erysiphe genus on legumes represent one of the taxonomically most complicated groups within this genus as highlighted by the revision of Braun et al. [56].

5. Conclusions

Despite the problems with the naming of powdery mildews on so wide a range of host species, our study both confirmed previously described species and revealed some new records for our country, i.e., Podosphaera (sect. Po.) amelanchieris on Amelanchier, Po. (sect. Po.) pruinosa on Rhus typhina, Po. (sect. Sph.) spiraeae on Spiraea, E. (U.) arcuata on Carpinus, E. (M.) deutziae on Deutzia, E. (M.) euonymicola on Euonymus fortunei, E. (U.) flexuosa on Aesculus, E. (M.) platani on Platanus, E. (M.) symphoricarpi on Symphoricarpos, E. (M.) vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae on Sambucus racemosa and E. (U.) ulmi on Ulmus minor.

Author Contributions

A.L. conceived and designed the study, participated on collecting of samples and supervised elaboration of results; B.M. participated on designing the study, sampling and elaboration of results; M.M., V.P. contributed to the sampling, performed the laboratory analyses (microscopy); B.M., M.S., R.C. and A.L. interpreted the results; B.M., A.L. and R.C. wrote the manuscript; A.L., R.C., B.M. and M.S. revised the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic, Project No. MSM 6198959215; National Programme of Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources of Plants and Microorganisms; and by the Internal Grant Agency of Palacký University in Olomouc, grants IGA_PrF_2018_001; IGA_PrF_2019_004; IGA_PrF_2020_003.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Map of the locations in the Czech Republic where the samples of powdery mildew infection on trees and shrubs are collected, and boundaries of neighbouring countries.
Figure 1. Map of the locations in the Czech Republic where the samples of powdery mildew infection on trees and shrubs are collected, and boundaries of neighbouring countries.
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Figure 2. Symptoms of powdery mildew infection on hosts examined in our survey cross-referenced to lists of hosts and powdery mildews in Table 1: AAcer campestre L. (MM), BAcer negundo L. (BM), CAcer platanoides L. (MM), DAcer tataricum L. (BM), EAesculus × carnea Zeyh. (MM), FAesculus hippocastanum L. (BM), GAlnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (MM), HAmelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. (MM), IAmelanchier ovalis Medik. (BM), JBerberis vulgaris L. (BM), KBetula pendula Roth (BM), LCaragana arborescens Lam. (BM), MCarpinus betulus L. (BM), NCatalpa bignonioides Walter (VP), OCornus mas L. (BM), PCornus sanguinea L. (BM), QCorylus avellana L. (AV), RCrataegus monogyna Jacq. (BM), SDeutzia scabra Thunb. (BM), TEuonymus europaeus L. (MM), XEuonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. (MM), YFagus sylvatica L. (BM), ZForsythia × intermedia Zabel (VP), AAFrangula alnus Mill. (MM), ABFraxinus excelsior L. (BM), ACLigustrum vulgare L. (BM), ADLonicera periclymenum L. (BM), AELonicera tatarica L. (VP), AFLycium barbarum L. (EK), AGMahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. (BM), AHMahoberberis × neubertii C. K. Schneid. (VP), AIMalus domestica Borkh. (BM), AJPlatanus × hispanica Münchh. (MM), AKPopulus tremula L. (BM), ALPrunus insititia L. (MM), AMPrunus persica (L.) Batsch (BM), ANQuercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. (BM), AOQuercus robur L. (BM), APRibes uva-crispa L. (BS), AQRibes uva-crispa (BM), ARRobinia pseudoacacia L. (BM), ASRhododendron sp. L. (BM), ATRhus typhina L. (BM), AXRosa multiflora Thunb. (BM), AYRosa pendulina L. (MM), AZSalix caprea L. (BM), BASalix daphnoides Vill. (BM), BBSalix purpurea L. (AL), BCSambucus nigra L. (MM), BDSorbus aucuparia L. (BM), BESpiraea japonica L. (MM), BFSymphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F.Blake (MA), BGSyringa vulgaris L. (BM), BHSyringa josikaea J.Jacq. ex Rchb.f. (BM), BIUlmus minor Mill. (MM), BJViburnum lantana L. (BM), BKViburnum opulus L. (BM), BLVitis amurenensis Rupr. (BM), BMVitis vinifera L. (BM), BNVitis vinifera (VP). Photo: AL—Aleš Lebeda, AV—Abigail Vrbovská, BM—Barbora Mieslerová, BS—Božena Sedláková, EK—Eva Křístková, MA—Marie Ascherová, MM—Markéta Michutová, VP—Veronika Petřeková.
Figure 2. Symptoms of powdery mildew infection on hosts examined in our survey cross-referenced to lists of hosts and powdery mildews in Table 1: AAcer campestre L. (MM), BAcer negundo L. (BM), CAcer platanoides L. (MM), DAcer tataricum L. (BM), EAesculus × carnea Zeyh. (MM), FAesculus hippocastanum L. (BM), GAlnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (MM), HAmelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem. (MM), IAmelanchier ovalis Medik. (BM), JBerberis vulgaris L. (BM), KBetula pendula Roth (BM), LCaragana arborescens Lam. (BM), MCarpinus betulus L. (BM), NCatalpa bignonioides Walter (VP), OCornus mas L. (BM), PCornus sanguinea L. (BM), QCorylus avellana L. (AV), RCrataegus monogyna Jacq. (BM), SDeutzia scabra Thunb. (BM), TEuonymus europaeus L. (MM), XEuonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. (MM), YFagus sylvatica L. (BM), ZForsythia × intermedia Zabel (VP), AAFrangula alnus Mill. (MM), ABFraxinus excelsior L. (BM), ACLigustrum vulgare L. (BM), ADLonicera periclymenum L. (BM), AELonicera tatarica L. (VP), AFLycium barbarum L. (EK), AGMahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. (BM), AHMahoberberis × neubertii C. K. Schneid. (VP), AIMalus domestica Borkh. (BM), AJPlatanus × hispanica Münchh. (MM), AKPopulus tremula L. (BM), ALPrunus insititia L. (MM), AMPrunus persica (L.) Batsch (BM), ANQuercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. (BM), AOQuercus robur L. (BM), APRibes uva-crispa L. (BS), AQRibes uva-crispa (BM), ARRobinia pseudoacacia L. (BM), ASRhododendron sp. L. (BM), ATRhus typhina L. (BM), AXRosa multiflora Thunb. (BM), AYRosa pendulina L. (MM), AZSalix caprea L. (BM), BASalix daphnoides Vill. (BM), BBSalix purpurea L. (AL), BCSambucus nigra L. (MM), BDSorbus aucuparia L. (BM), BESpiraea japonica L. (MM), BFSymphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F.Blake (MA), BGSyringa vulgaris L. (BM), BHSyringa josikaea J.Jacq. ex Rchb.f. (BM), BIUlmus minor Mill. (MM), BJViburnum lantana L. (BM), BKViburnum opulus L. (BM), BLVitis amurenensis Rupr. (BM), BMVitis vinifera L. (BM), BNVitis vinifera (VP). Photo: AL—Aleš Lebeda, AV—Abigail Vrbovská, BM—Barbora Mieslerová, BS—Božena Sedláková, EK—Eva Křístková, MA—Marie Ascherová, MM—Markéta Michutová, VP—Veronika Petřeková.
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Figure 3. Variability of chasmothecia of selected species: AErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Salix caprea, VP), BErysiphe alphitoides (Quercus robur, BM), CErysiphe arcuata (Carpinus betulus, VP), DErysiphe azaleae (Rhododendron sp., MS), EErysiphe berberidis var. berberidis (Berberis vulgaris, MM), FErysiphe berberidis (Mahonia aquifolium, VP), GErysiphe elevata (Catalpa bignonioides, MM), HErysiphe euonymi (Euonymus europaeus, MM), IErysiphe flexuosa (Aesculus × carnea, JD), JErysiphe grossulariae (Ribes uva-crispa, VP), KErysiphe lonicerae var. ehrenbergi (Lonicera tatarica, VP), LErysiphe necator (Vitis vinifera, VP), MErysiphe ornata var. europaea (Betula pendula, VP), NErysiphe palczewskii (Caragana arborescens, VP), OErysiphe penicillata (Alnus glutinosa, VP), PErysiphe platani (Platanus × hispanica, MM), QErysiphe prunastri (Prunus insititia, MM), RErysiphe syringae (Ligustrum vulgare, VP), SErysiphe syringae (Syringa josikaea, JD), TErysiphe tortillis (Cornus mas, MS), UErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (Sambucus racemosa, MS), VErysiphe ulmi (Ulmus minor, MM), XPhyllactinia guttata (Corylus avellana, AV), YPhyllactinia guttata (penicillate cells, Corylus avellana, AV), ZPhyllactinia fraxini (Fraxinus excelsior, JD), AAPhyllactinia orbicularis (Fagus sylvatica, MS), ABPodosphaera amelanchieris (Amelanchier ovalis, MM), ACPodosphaera myrtillina (Vaccinium myrtillus, MZ), ADSawadaea bicornis (Acer platanoides, MK), AESawadaea tulasnei (Acer tataricum, JD). Photo: AV—Abigail Vrbovská, BM—Barbora Mieslerová, JD—Jitka Dvořáková, MM—Markéta Michutová, MS—Michaela Sedlářová, VP—Veronika Petřeková.
Figure 3. Variability of chasmothecia of selected species: AErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Salix caprea, VP), BErysiphe alphitoides (Quercus robur, BM), CErysiphe arcuata (Carpinus betulus, VP), DErysiphe azaleae (Rhododendron sp., MS), EErysiphe berberidis var. berberidis (Berberis vulgaris, MM), FErysiphe berberidis (Mahonia aquifolium, VP), GErysiphe elevata (Catalpa bignonioides, MM), HErysiphe euonymi (Euonymus europaeus, MM), IErysiphe flexuosa (Aesculus × carnea, JD), JErysiphe grossulariae (Ribes uva-crispa, VP), KErysiphe lonicerae var. ehrenbergi (Lonicera tatarica, VP), LErysiphe necator (Vitis vinifera, VP), MErysiphe ornata var. europaea (Betula pendula, VP), NErysiphe palczewskii (Caragana arborescens, VP), OErysiphe penicillata (Alnus glutinosa, VP), PErysiphe platani (Platanus × hispanica, MM), QErysiphe prunastri (Prunus insititia, MM), RErysiphe syringae (Ligustrum vulgare, VP), SErysiphe syringae (Syringa josikaea, JD), TErysiphe tortillis (Cornus mas, MS), UErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (Sambucus racemosa, MS), VErysiphe ulmi (Ulmus minor, MM), XPhyllactinia guttata (Corylus avellana, AV), YPhyllactinia guttata (penicillate cells, Corylus avellana, AV), ZPhyllactinia fraxini (Fraxinus excelsior, JD), AAPhyllactinia orbicularis (Fagus sylvatica, MS), ABPodosphaera amelanchieris (Amelanchier ovalis, MM), ACPodosphaera myrtillina (Vaccinium myrtillus, MZ), ADSawadaea bicornis (Acer platanoides, MK), AESawadaea tulasnei (Acer tataricum, JD). Photo: AV—Abigail Vrbovská, BM—Barbora Mieslerová, JD—Jitka Dvořáková, MM—Markéta Michutová, MS—Michaela Sedlářová, VP—Veronika Petřeková.
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Table 1. List of representatives of trees and shrubs infected by powdery mildews collected during 2002–2019 in the Czech Republic.
Table 1. List of representatives of trees and shrubs infected by powdery mildews collected during 2002–2019 in the Czech Republic.
Host SpeciesDate of CollectionPlace of CollectionCross-Referenced With Photos of Symptoms (Figure 2), Chasmothecia (Figure 3)Leg. Taxonomic Name of Powdery Mildew Species According to Braun and Cook [2] Unless Otherwise Indicated in FootnotesRelative Length (Multiples of Chasmothecia Diameter) and Shape of Appendages.Type of Conidiogenesis/Number of Distal Cells
Acer campestre L.16 August 2019KyjovFigure 2AMMSawadaea bicornis (Wallr.) MiyabeAnamorph onlyEuoidium 2–5
Acer negundo L.8 October 2013 Olomouc LazceFigure 2B BMSawadaea bicornis (Wallr.) MiyabeAnamorph onlyEuoidium
Acer platanoides L.17 July 2017Olomouc-MMSawadaea bicornis (Wallr.) MiyabeAnamorph only Euoidium 2–5
15 July 2002BítouchovFigure 2C MZSawadaea bicornis (Wallr.) Miyabemainly branched, some simple, tips circinate-
20 September 2019OlomoucFigure 3ADBMSawadaea bicornis (Wallr.) Miyabe0.5 − 1 × mainly branched, some simple, tips circinate-
Acer tataricum L.25 September 2013OlomoucFigure 2D and Figure 3A,EBMSawadaea tulasnei (Fuckel) Homma0.5 − 1.3 × mainly simple, some branched, tips circinate -
Aesculus × carnea Zeyh.20 September 2018OlomoucFigure 3IMMErysiphe flexuosa (Peck) U. Braun and S. Takam.0.7 − 1.4 × undulate-helicoid, tips closely circinate-
5 September 2013 Arboretum Mendelu Brno Figure 2EBMErysiphe flexuosa (Peck) U. Braun and S. Takam.0.73 – 1.29 × undulate-helicoid, tips closely circinate-
Aesculus hippocastanum L. 15 September 2015Olomouc Figure 2FBM, MAErysiphe flexuosa (Peck) U. Braun and S. Takam.0.7 – 1.3 × undulate-helicoid, tips closely circinate-
Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.1 October 2018 OlomoucFigure 2G and Figure 3OMMErysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Link0.6 − 1.3 × dichotomously branched Pseudoidium
Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem.31 August 2019Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2HMMPodosphaera amelanchieris Maurizio1.7 – 3 × dichotomously branched, one ascus-
Amelanchier ovalis Medik.1 October 2018 Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2I and Figure 3ABMMPodosphaera amelanchieris Maurizio1.2 − 2.7 × dichotomously branched, one ascus-
20 July 2019Kroměříž-PMPodosphaera amelanchieris Maurizio1.3 − 2.3 × dichotomously branched, one ascus-
Berberis vulgaris L.31 August 2019RantířovFigure 3EMMErysiphe berberidis var. berberidis DC.0.6 – 1.1 × dichotomously branched many asci-
28 September 2011 BG Prague TrojaFigure 2JBMErysiphe berberidis var. berberidis DC.0.3 − 1 × dichotomously branched many asciPseudoidium
Betula pendula Roth28 September 2013 Olomouc Svatý KopečekFigure 2K and Figure 3MVPErysiphe ornata var. europea (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1.1 − 1.8 × dichotomously branched many asci-
Caragana arborescens Lam.1 August 2007 Smržice -ALErysiphe palczewskii (Jacz.) U. Braun and S. Takam.1.8 − 4.1 × dichotomously branched many asciPseudoidium 2–3
29 September 2011BG UP OlomoucFigure 2L and Figure 3NBMErysiphe palczewskii (Jacz.) U. Braun and S. Takam.2 − 4 × dichotomously branched many asciPseudoidium 2–3
Carpinus betulus L.23 August 2019Jihlava-MMErysiphe arcuata U. Braun, V.P. Heluta and S. Takam.Anamorph only Pseudoidium 2–3
8 October 2013OlomoucFigure 2M and Figure 3CBMErysiphe arcuata U. Braun, V.P. Heluta and S. Takam.1.5 – 2.8 × Circinate, many asci Pseudoidium 2–3
Catalpa bignonioides Walter1 September 2018Spa DarkovFigure 3GMMErysiphe elevata (Burrill) U. Braun and S. Takam.1.5 – 3 × Apex closely dichotomously branched-
28 August 2015 Olomouc Figure 2NMAErysiphe elevata (Burrill) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium1–3, foot-cells curved
1 September 2007Štítina-MSErysiphe elevata (Burrill) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
13 October 2003Smržice-ALErysiphe elevata (Burrill) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph only
Cornus mas L.9 October 2013Průhonice Figure 2O and Figure 3TBMErysiphe tortilis (Wallr.) Link3 – 8 ×Pseudoidium 1–3
Cornus sanquinea L.9 October 2013 PrůhoniceFigure 2PBMErysiphe tortilis (Wallr.) LinkAnamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
12 September 2006Praha-MSErysiphe tortilis (Wallr.) Link1.1 – 1.5 × Dichotomously branched numerous asci-
Corylus avellana L. 23 September 2019 OlomoucFigure 2Q and Figure 3X,YAVPhyllactinia guttata (Wallr.) Lév.0.3 – 1.1 × Bulbose base, presence of penicillate cells-
Corylus maxima Mill.8 September 2009 Arboretum Mendelu Brno -BMPhyllactinia guttata (Wallr.) Lév.0.2 – 1.5 × Bulbose base Many asci-
Crataegus monogyna Jacq.9 June 2015Olomouc- Holice Figure 2RBM Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina (Wallr.) Lév.Anamorph onlyEuoidium
Deutzia scabra Thunb.25 September 2013 Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2SBMErysiphe deutziae (Bunkina) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
Euonymus europaeus L.27 July 2017StřížovFigure 2T and Figure 3HMMErysiphe euonymi DC.1.8 – 3.7 × apex dichotomously branchedPseudoidium 1–2
28 September 2011 BG Prague Troja-BMErysiphe euonymi DC.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
16 June 2007Lhotky/Velké Meziříčí-ZDTErysiphe euonymi DC.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz.18 August 2019OlomoucFigure 2XMMErysiphe euonymicola U. BraunAnamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
11 April 2008Olomouc exhibition Flora-MSErysiphe euonymicola U. BraunAnamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
Fagus sylvatica L.5 October 2010VsetínFigure 2Y and Figure 3AAMSPhyllactinia orbicularis (Ehrenb.) U. Braun1.1 – 1.5 × bulbose base-
27 October 2006Lopeník-MSPhyllactinia orbicularis (Ehrenb.) U. Braun1 – 1.3 × bulbose base numerous asci numerous penicillate cells with apex often branched-
Forsythia × intermedia Zabel10 September 2015OlomoucFigure 2ZVPPodosphaera pannosa (Wallr.: Fr.) de BaryAnamorph onlyEuoidium 3-5
Frangula alnus Mill.7 July 2019 PlandryFigure 2AAMMErysiphe divaricata (Wallr.) Schltdl.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1-3
Fraxinus excelsior L. 9 October 2013 Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2AB and Figure 3ZBMPhyllactinia fraxini (DC.) Fuss0.6 – 1.69 × bulbose base-
6 October 2007Olomouc-ZDTPhyllactinia fraxini (DC.) Fuss0.8 – 1.7 × bulbose base-
20 October 2006Křtiny-MSPhyllactinia fraxini (DC.) Fuss0.9 – 1.6 × bulbose base-
Fraxinus ornus L.9 October 2013 Rosarium Olomouc-BMPhyllactinia fraxini (DC.) Fuss0.77 -1.8 × bulbose base-
Ligustrum vulgare L.8 October 2013OlomoucFigure 2AC and Figure 3RBMErysiphe syringae Schwein.0.8 – 2.2 ×Pseudoidium 2–3
Lonicera periclymenum L.10 October 2015 Hrubá VodaFigure 2ADBMErysiphe lonicerae DC. Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
Lonicera tatarica L.8 July 2014 Arboretum Mendelu Brno Figure 2AE and Figure 3KVPErysiphe lonicerae var. ehrenbergii (Lév.) U. Braun and S. Takam. 1.5-3.5× Apex dichotomously branched-
Lycium barbarum L.24 September 2018OlomoucFigure 2AFMMArthrocladiella mougeotii (Lév.) VassilkovAnamorph onlyEuoidium 2–4
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.1 September 2018Olomouc-MMErysiphe berberidis DC.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
21 6 2014 Arboretum Mendelu BrnoFigure 3FVPErysiphe berberidis DC.1.8 -2.8 × Apex dichotomously branched-
28 September 2011 BG Prague Troja Figure 2AGBMErysiphe berberidis DC.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
Mahoberberis × neubertii C.K.Schneid.21 June 2014 Arboretum Mendelu BrnoFigure 2AHVPErysiphe berberidis DC.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
Malus domestica Borkh. 31 August 2008Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2AIBMPodosphaera leucotricha (Ellis and Everh.) E.S. SalmonAnamorph onlyEuoidium 3–4
Platanus × hispanica Münchh.1 October 2018OlomoucFigure 2AJ and Figure 3PMMErysiphe platani (Howe) U. Braun and S. Takam.1.2 – 3 × Apex dichotomously branched-
Populus tremula L. 16 October 2013 OlomoucFigure 2AKVPErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
Prunus insititia L.24 September 2018PlandryFigure 2AL and Figure 3QMMErysiphe prunastri DC.1.2 – 1.8 ×Circinate, many asci-
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch20 August 2009 Arboretum Mendelu Brno Figure 2AMBMPodosphaera tridactyla (Wallr.) de Bary Anamorph onlyEuoidium 3–8
Quercus faginea Lam. 20 August 2009 Arboretum Mendelu Brno -BMErysiphe alphitoides (Griff. and Maubl.) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.20 August 2009Arboretum Mendelu BrnoFigure 2ANBMErysiphe alphitoides (Griff. and Maubl.) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
28 August 2007Velké Meziříčí-ZDTErysiphe alphitoides (Griff. and Maubl.) U. Braun and S. TakamAnamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
Quercus robur L. 7 July 2019Plandry-MMErysiphe alphitoides (Griff. and Maubl.) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 2–3
29 July 2013 Staré město u Uher. Hradiště-VPErysiphe alphitoides (Griff. and Maubl.) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.4 × Apex dichotomously branchedPseudoidium 2–3
20 September 2015OlomoucFigure 2AO and Figure 3BBMErysiphe alphitoides (Griff. and Maubl.) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.4 × Apex dichotomously branchedPseudoidium 2–3
Ribes uva-crispa L.17 July 2014Nový JičínFigure 2AP and Figure 3JBSErysiphe grossulariae (Wallr.) de Bary0.7 – 1.2 × Apex dichotomously branched-
15 May 2018Protivanov Figure 2AQMKPodosphaera mors-uvae (Schwein.) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyNot possible to analyze
Robinia pseudoacacia L. 31 August 2008Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2ARBMErysiphe pseudoacaciae (P.D. Marchenko) U. Braun and S. Takam.0.6 – 14 × Apex dichotomously branched-
Rhododendron L. 19 August 2019Olomouc-Hněvotín MMErysiphe azaleae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
20 July 2015 Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2AS and Figure 3DBMErysiphe azaleae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1.2 – 1.5 × Apex dichotomously branched-
20 June 2005Rosarium Olomouc-MS, ALErysiphe azaleae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
Rhododendron luteum Sweet10 September 2006 Arboretum Mendelu Brno -MS ALErysiphe azaleae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.2 × Apex dichotomously branched 6-8 asci-
13 September 2006Praha Prague Castle-MS ALErysiphe azaleae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
20 August 2007Velké Meziříčí-ZDTErysiphe azaleae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.3 × Apex dichotomously branchedPseudoidium 1–2
Rhus typhina L. 1 September 2008Olomouc Figure 2ATBMPodosphaera cf. pruinosa (Cooke and Peck) Braun and TakamAnamorph onlyEuoidium 3–6
Rosa multiflora Thunb.25 September 2013Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2AXBMPodosphaera pannosa (Wallr.: Fr.) de BaryAnamorph onlyEuoidium 3–6
Rosa pendulina L.27 July 2017StřížovFigure 2AYMMPodosphaera pannosa (Wallr.: Fr.) de BaryAnamorph onlyEuoidium 3–5
Rubus sect. caesii Lej. and Court.15July2000Bitouchov-MZPodosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyEuoidium
Salix caprea L.3 September 2019JihlavaFigure 2AZMMErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr.1 – 1.3 × Apex circinate -
23 October 2013 OlomoucFigure 3AVPErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr. 1 – 1.3 × Apex circinatePseudoidium 1–2 long foot-cell
Salix daphnoides Vill. 30 September 2015 Arboretum Mendelu BrnoFigure 2BA BMErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr.1 – 1.5 × Apex slightly circinate-
Salix × reichardtii A. Kern 8 September 2009 Arboretum Mendelu Brno -BMErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
Salix purpurea L. 30 September 2015 Arboretum Mendelu Brno-VPErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr.1 – 1.5 × Apex slightly circinate-
28 July 2013SmržiceFigure 2BBALErysiphe adunca var. adunca (Wallr.) Fr.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium
Sambucus nigra L.17 July 2017StřížovFigure 2BCMMErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.0.7 – 1.2 × Apex dichotomously branched-
14 August 2013 Rosarium Olomouc -BMErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.,1 – 1.5 × Apex dichotomously branchedPseudoidium1–3
Sambucus racemosa L. 13 August 2013 Jičín Figure 3UVPErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.5 × Apex d dichotomously branched-
8 August 2007Olomouc—Radíkov-MSErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.3 × Apex dichotomously branchedPseudoidium 1–3
28 October 2006Lopeník-MSErysiphe vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (U. Braun) U. Braun and S. Takam.1 – 1.5 × Apex dichotomously branched Numerous asci-
Sorbus aucuparia L. 12 August 2013 JičínFigure 2BDBM Podosphaera aucupariae Erikss. Anamorph onlyEuoidium 3–5
Spiraea betulifolia Pall.3 August 2014Zlín -VPPodosphaera spiraeae (Sawada) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyEuoidium 3–5
Spiraea japonica L.24 May 2015 Dub n. Moravou Figure 2BEVPPodosphaera spiraeae (Sawada) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyEuoidium 3–5
Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake15 September 2015 OlomoucFigure 2BFMAErysiphe symphoricarpi (Howe) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
25 April 2008Olomouc -Holice-MSErysiphe symphoricarpi (Howe) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–2
Syringa vulgaris L.20 July 2019ZOO Jihlava-MMErysiphe syringae Schwein.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
20 September 2008OlomoucFigure 2BGBMErysiphe syringae Schwein.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
21 October 2006Vyškov-MSErysiphe syringae Schwein.0.9 – 1.2 × Apex dichotomously branched-
Syringa josikaea J.Jacq. ex Rchb.f.28 September 2011 BG Prague TrojaFigure 2BH and Figure 3SBMErysiphe syringae Schwein.0.7 – 1.5 × Apex dichotomously branched-
Ulmus minor Mill.20 September 2018OlomoucFigure 2BI and Figure 3VMMErysiphe ulmi Cast.0.6 – 1.4 × Apex circinate-
Vaccinium myrtillus L.15 July 2002BítouchovFigure 3ACMZPodosphaera myrtillina (C. Schub.) Kunze2.9 – 3.2 × Apex dichotomously branched-
Viburnum lantana L. 30 September 2015Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2BJBMErysiphe hedwigii (Lev.) U. Braun and S. Takam.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
Viburnum opulus L.30 September 2015 Rosarium OlomoucFigure 2BKBMErysiphe viburni Schwein. 1.0 – 1.3 × Apex dichotomously branched-
Vitis amurensis Rupr. 28 September 2011 BG Prague TrojaFigure 2BLBM Erysiphe necator var. necator Schwein.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
Vitis vinifera L.16 August 2019Kostelec-MMErysiphe necator var. necator Schwein.Anamorph onlyPseudoidium 1–3
13 August 2013 VracovFigure 2BM,BN and Figure 3LVPErysiphe necator var. necator Schwein.1.8 – 4.5 × Apex circinate Pseudoidium 1–3
Legends: AL—Aleš Lebeda, AV—Abigail Vrbovská, BM—Barbora Mieslerová, BS—Božena Sedláková, MA—Marie Ascherová, MM—Markéta Michutová, MK—Miloslav Kitner, MS—Michaela Sedlářová, MZ—Marie Zeidlerová (Kozáková), PM—Pavel Matušinský, VP—Veronika Petřeková, ZDT—Zuzana Drábková Trojanová.
Table 2. List of powdery mildew species collected on trees and shrubs in the Czech Republic with their host plants.
Table 2. List of powdery mildew species collected on trees and shrubs in the Czech Republic with their host plants.
Powdery Mildew GeneraPowdery Mildew Species (Host Plants)
ArthrocladiellaArthrocladiella mougeotii (Lycium barbatum)
Erysiphe
All E. sect. Microsphaera unless listed as E. sect. Uncinula (E. (U.))
E. (U.) adunca var. adunca (Populus tremula, Salix caprea; S. daphnoides, Salix × reichardtii, S. purpurea)
E. alphitoides (Quercus faginea, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur)
E. (U.) arcuata (Carpinus betulus)
E. azaleae (Rhododendron, Azalea)
E. berberidis var. berberidis (Berberis vulgaris, Mahoberberis × neubertii, Mahonia aquifolium)
E. deutziae (Deutzia scabra)
E. divaricata (Frangula alnus)
E. elevata (Catalpa bignonioides)
E. euonymi (Euonymus europaeus)
E.euonymicola (Euonymus fortunei)
E. (U.) flexuosa (Aesculus hippocastanum, Aesculus × carnea)
E. grossulariae (Ribes uva-crispa)
E. hedwigii (Viburnum lantana)
E. lonicerae var. loniceae (Lonicera periclymenum); Erysiphe lonicerae var. ehrenbergii (Lonicera tatarica)
E. (U.) necator var. necator (Vitis amurensis, Vitis vinifera)
E. ornata var. europea (Betula pendula)
E. palczewskii (Caragana arborescens, Styphnolobium japonicum)
E. penicillata (Alnus glutinosa)
E.platani (Platanus × hispanica)
E. cf. pseudoacaciae (Robinia pseudoacacia)
E. (U.) prunastri (Prunus insititia)
E.symphoricarpi (Symphoricarpos albus)
E. syringae (Ligustrum vulgare, Syringa vulgaris, Syringa josikaea)
E. tortilis (Cornus mas, Cornus sanguinea)
E. (U.) ulmi (Ulmus minor)
E.vanbruntiana var. sambuci-racemosae (Sambucus nigra, Sambucus racemosa)
E. viburni (Viburnum opulus)
PhyllactiniaPh. fraxini (Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus ornus)
Ph. guttata (Corylus avelana, Corylus maxima)
Ph. orbicularis (Fagus sylvatica)
Podosphaera
All Po. sect. Podosphaera unless listed as Po. sect. Sphaerotheca (Po. (Sph.))
Po. amelanchieris (Amelanchier alnifolia, Amelanchier ovalis)
Po. (Sph.) aphanis (Rubus sect. caesius)
Po. aucupariae (Sorbus aucuparia)
Po. clandestina var. clandestina (Crataegus monogyna)
Po. leucotricha (Malus domestica)
Po. (Sph.) mors-uvae (Ribes uva-crispa)
Po. myrtillina (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Po. (Sph.) pannosa (Forsythia × intermedia, Rosa multiflora, R. pendulina)
Po. cf. (Sph.) pruinosa (Rhus typhina)
Po. (Sph.) spiraeae (Spiraea betulifolia, S. japonica)
Po. tridactyla (Prunus persica)
SawadaeaS. bicornis (Acer negundo, A. campestre, A. platanoides, A. tataricum)
S. tulasnei (Acer platanoides)
Legend: Species in bold are new records for the Czech Republic.
Table 3. Additional powdery mildews in neighbouring countries compared with Czech survey (this paper).
Table 3. Additional powdery mildews in neighbouring countries compared with Czech survey (this paper).
Powdery Mildew GenusSlovakia ([21], Pastirčáková and Co-Workers) Poland ([27,34])Hungary [29]Germany/Bavaria [28]
Arthrocladiella----
ErysipheE. (M.) friesii
E. (M.) magnusii
E. (M.) cotini
E. (M.) magnifica
E. (M.) friesii E. (M.) friesii
E. (M.) sparsa
E. (M.) friesii
PhyllactiniaPh. mali
Ph. roboris
Ph. berberidis
Ph. mali
Ph. roboris
Ph. mali
Ph. roboris
Ph. berberidis
Ph. betulae
Ph. carpini
Ph. corni
Ph. mali
Ph. marissalii
Ph. populi
Podosphaera---Po. (Sph.) niessleri
Sawadaea----

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