Venturia inaequalis

Venturia inaequalis
The reproductive conidia of Venturia inaequalis erupting through the cuticle of a crabapple leaf
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Venturiaceae
Genus: Venturia
Species:
V. inaequalis
Binomial name
Venturia inaequalis
(Cooke) G.Winter (1875)
Synonyms
  • Sphaerella inaequalis Cooke (1866)

Venturia inaequalis is an ascomycete fungus that causes the apple scab disease.

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