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Cherry Leaf Curl

Taphrina wiesneri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 24, February 18, March 28, April 43, May 62, June 68, July 73, August 63, September 46, October 34, November 19, December 15.
United States540
Alaska492
United Kingdom40
Scotland38
Canada32
Ontario28
New York22
Pennsylvania5
Colorado5
Minnesota4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Plant pathogenDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly parasitize or infect plants.Inferred from its group
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassTaphrinomycetes
OrderTaphrinales
FamilyTaphrinaceae
Genusleaf curl fungi · Taphrina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cherry Leaf Curl with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.