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Data Set Maintenance: Data set compiled and standard item. Data set author(s): Kainz C. (00-08-01). Data set reviewer(s): Schubert K. (06-07-25); revised.

Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted or basionymous. Taxonomic rank: species. Erysiphaceae Tul. & C. Tul.; Erysiphales.

Type Information: Basionym: Oidium ericinum Erikss. Type: Oidium ericinum Erikss.

Taxonomic Literature: Braun U., Beih. Nova Hedwigia 89: 1-700 [606-607] (1987); Braun U., The powdery mildews (Erysiphales) of Europe. - 1-337. Jena, Stuttgart, New York (1995).

Biogeography: Northern hemispheric. Continent: Europe. Country or state(s): Finland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland (incl. Liechtenstein), Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia), and Ukraine.

Ecology: Biotroph; phytopathogenic; growing on leaves or inflorescences, causing the growth of galls (disfiguring, causing defoliations). Host or Phorophyte Taxonomy: Erica sp.; Erica, Ericaceae.

Conidiophores: Pseudoidium-type; not branched. Conidium Formation: Conidiogenous cells single or in chains (rarely short chains). Conidia: More or less ellipsoid or cylindrical; macroconidial, not branched, (30)-38-52-(60) µm long, (12)-13-18-(20) µm wide; aseptate.

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