Oidium (genus)

Oidium
Spores of the Oidium anamorph of Microsphaera penicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Oidium Link (1824)
Type species
Oidium monilioides (Nees) Link (1824)
Synonyms
Oidium Link (1809) Acrosporium Nees (1816) Oideum Ehrenb. (1818) Oospora Wallr. (1833) Amphiblistrum Corda (1837) Oidium Sacc. (1880) Toruloidea Sumst. (1913) Euoidium Y.S.Paul & J.N.Kapoor (1986) Pseudoidium Y.S.Paul & J.N.Kapoor (1986)

Oidium is a genus of Deuteromycetes, where traditionally most anamorphs of the order Erysiphales are included. Most of them are plant pathogens causing different forms of powdery mildew, for example:

Oidium albicans has been a parallel name of the yeast Candida albicans (not related to the powdery mildew).

Some other species of medical importance previously classified as Oidium include:

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