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Elsinoe batatas

Elsinoë batatas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Myriangiales
Family: Elsinoaceae
Genus: Elsinoë
Species: E. batatas
Binomial name
Elsinoë batatas
Viégas & Jenkins (1943)
Synonyms

Sphaceloma batatas Sawada [as 'batatae'] (1931)


Sphaceloma batatas Sawada [as 'batatae'] (1931)

Elsinoë batatas is a species of fungus in the Elsinoaceae family. It is a plant pathogen that affects members of the genus Ipomoea, including the sweet potato. The species was originally described in 1931 as a species of Sphaceloma, and in 1943 was transferred to Elsinoë by Ahmés Pinto Viégas and Anna Eliza Jenkins.



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