Blumeria

Blumeria
A Blumeria species on a barley leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Blumeria
Golovin ex Speer, 1975
Type species
Blumeria graminis
(DC.) Speer, 1975
Synonyms
  • Oidium Link, 1824

Blumeria is a genus of plant pathogenic fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). Members of the genus are found on all continents bar Antarctica and infect members of the Poaceae (grasses).