Phakopsora euvitis

Phakopsora euvitis is a rust fungus that causes disease of grape leaves. This rust fungus has been seen in regions including: Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Southwestern Brazil, the Americas, and northern Australia. It is widely distributed in eastern and southern Asia but was first discovered on grapevines in Darwin, Australia in 2001 and was identified as Asian grapevine leaf rust by July 2007. The host range of P. euvitis includes the plant species Meliosma species (Meliosmaceae) and Vitis species (Vitaceae). The symptoms of P. euvitis consist of pale yellowish lesions on the surface of leaves on Meliosma spp. leaves.