Leaf blister on two Ericaceae plants infected by Exobasidium species in Japan

Abstract

Exobasidium Woronin, 1867 comprises 129 epithets listed in the Index Fungorum (http://www.index fungo rum.org/names/ names. asp, accessed on October 21, 2021) and is the largest genus under Exobasidiales. Most species of the genus are known as plant pathogens that cause plant deformities characterized by blisters, witches' brooms, and galls on leaves, stems, flowers, shoots, and