First record of the powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe polygoni on the introduced coral vine Antigonon leptopus (Polygonaceae) in Taiwan /span

摘要

Antigonon leptopus has been naturalized in Taiwan for about 100 years, but hitherto no fungal species was recorded on this plant in Taiwan. A powdery mildew fungus collected on A. leptopus in central and northern Taiwan was identified as Erysiphe polygoni based on internal transcribed spacer sequence comparison and morphology of the anamorph.