Ramularia ulmariae

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| image = Purple spots caused by the fungus Ramularia ulmariae on leaves of meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria).jpg

| image_caption = Purple spots caused by the fungus Ramularia ulmariae on leaves of meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

| genus = Ramularia

| species = ulmariae

| authority = Cooke 1876

| synonyms = Cylindrosporium ulmariae (Cooke) J. Schröt. 1897Cohn (1897) In: Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.2(4):487

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Ramularia ulmariae is a fungal species described by Cooke in 1876.{{cite journal |last1=Cooke |first1=M. C. |title=New British fungi |journal=Grevillea |date=1876 |volume=4 |page=109}} Ramularia ulmariae belongs to the genus Ramularia and the family Mycosphaerellaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.{{cite web|title=Species 2000: Reading, UK.Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/ramularia+ulmariae/match/1|author=Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.)|date=2011|accessdate=24 September 2012}}Species Fungorum. Kirk P.M., 2010-11-23

This fungus is a pathogen of meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) that causes purple spots on the plant's leaves and is most evident in summer. It produces translucent, cylindrical conidia with up to two septa.{{cite journal |last1=Ellis |first1=J. B. |last2=Everhart |first2=Benjamin M. |title=North American Species of Ramularia: With Descriptions of the Species |journal=The Journal of Mycology |date=1885 |volume=1 |issue=6 |pages=73–83 |doi=10.2307/3752441 |jstor=3752441 }}

Ramularia ulmariae has been reported from Europe and also the western coast of North America. However its presence is probably under-recorded.{{cite web |title=Ramularia ulmariae |url=https://www.discoverlife.org/20/m?kind=Ramularia+ulmariae |website=Discover Life |accessdate=5 August 2020}}