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Definition of Family Erysiphaceae
1. Noun. Family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Erysiphales, Order Erysiphales
Member holonyms: Erysiphe, Genus Erysiphe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Erysiphaceae
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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