Taphrinales
Taphrinales (subdivision Ascomycetales) An order of fungi that are parasitic on a range of flowering plants. Ascocarps are not formed, the asci developing from hyphae or from cells produced by hyphal fragmentation. Genera include Taphrina; T. deformans is responsible for peach leaf curl and other diseases involving leaf distortion. See also WITCHES' BROOM.
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