Podosphaera

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Powderymildewwatermelon.jpg

| image_caption =Podosphaera fuliginea

| taxon = Podosphaera

| authority = Kunze

| type_species = Podosphaera myrtillina

| type_species_authority = Kunze

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

{{Genus list

|Albigo|Ehrh. ex Reum

|Desetangsia|Nieuwl.

|Euoidium|Y.S.Paul & J.N.Kapoor

|Kokkalera|Ponnappa

|Leucothallia|Trevis.

|Sphaerotheca|Lév.

}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Synonymy Current Name: Podosphaera Kunze |work=Index Fungorum |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=4283 |access-date=2020-10-08}}

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Podosphaera is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae.{{cite journal |last=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA }} Species in this genus are plant pathogens, causing powdery mildew.