A genus of fungi that causes leaf spot diseases in plants, particularly in fruit trees.
From Greek 'entomon' (insect) and 'sporium' (spore-bearing structure). Named because early mycologists thought it was related to insect-parasitic fungi.
Entomosporium actually has nothing to do with insects despite its name—it's one of science's best examples of how misleading old names can be when scientists didn't fully understand what they were naming.
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