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UK Powdery Mildew Baseline Review

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Oliver Ellingham

The 2015 Powdery Mildew Survey is coming… Will yours be one of the 144 species previously recorded within the UK, on one of thousands of host plants previously recorded? Will it be one to have recently expanded its host range? A new species to the UK? Or a previously unrecorded species?!

Kew Fungarium houses around 1.25 million specimens

Kew Fungarium houses around 1.25 million specimens!

To be launched officially at the turn of spring the survey aims to establish which of the ca. 800 powdery mildew species found worldwide are present within the UK.

The online resources provided by Kew Botanic Gardens and the International Powdery Mildew Project have allowed me to collate a list of powdery mildews recorded within the UK. From this, somewhat ancient, baseline I will be able to establish the status of powdery mildews collected and received through the scheme in the coming year.

Below you can see the breakdown of previously recorded species within the 14 genera, to a total of 150 species (of which 6 are synonyms).  Follow the link for a full list of UK powdery mildews in Excel format.

Genus Species recorded in the UK
Erysiphe 85
Golovinomyces 13
Arthrocladiella 1
Neoerysiphe 4
Phyllactinia 7
Leveillula 1
Pleochaeta 0
Sawadaea 2
Cystotheca 0
Podosphaera 22
Blumeria 1
Caespitotheca 0
Parauncinula 0
Oidium 14
 Total 150

 

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About Oliver Ellingham

PhD student at the University of Reading. Working on ID techniques of powdery mildew Fungi. Interested in mycology, plant pathology and arboriculture.
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  1. Fay Newbery
    View February 13, 2015

    Oli, How many of these species were found during the 2013 and 2014 surveys?

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  2. Oliver Ellingham
    View February 13, 2015

    Fay, 51 different species I believe, though some of these were collected by myself as well (so not just through the survey).

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  3. Powdery Mildew Survey 2015 | Culham Research Group
    View March 3, 2015

    […] two years of collection records, a baseline of species recorded in the UK and spring arriving, what better time to launch 2015’s Powdery Milwho? So please send in your […]

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  4. Powdery mildew host plants of the UK | Culham Research Group
    View June 30, 2015

    […] the powdery mildew baseline review and promises of a ‘most wanted list‘, I thought it important to collate a list of host […]

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  5. 2015 powdery mildew species list | Culham Research Group
    View December 17, 2015

    […] we can link these identifications to my powdery mildew baseline review, which aimed to establish which of the approximately 876 powdery mildew species found in the world […]

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  6. Powdery Mildew Survey 2016 | Culham Research Group
    View March 17, 2016

    […] with two years of citizen science collection records, a baseline of species recorded in the UK and spring arriving, what better time to launch 2016’s Powdery Milwho? So please send in […]

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  7. Publication of report of powdery mildew found on popular garden plant | Culham Research Group
    View May 20, 2016

    […] The identification of the fungus was particularly problematic as its microscopic features are almost identical to that of a powdery mildew infecting the plant Saxifraga. This complication is fairly common and one of the main issues behind relying solely on plant host identification or analysis of fungal appearance. Fortunately we were able to discriminate the species via its fungal spores (some small fraction of a mm larger in this species than its sister). This was backed up by the similarity of DNA to additional samples of this powdery mildew species from the Kew Fungarium. […]

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