can I compost plants with powdery mildew?

I usually get a bit of mildew, usually courgettes and sugarsnap peas are the worst and I put up with it because it doesn't seem to affect fruiting....in fact my courgettes seem to have got over it now and have lots of fresh shiny leaves.
This year it was on the cucumbers, strawberries and squash as well and I assume it was the long dry spell that caused it?
As it is an air-borne spore I could see it's progress round the garden.
My question is.....is mildew like blight and the leaves should not be composted?
I've put loads in already but my daleks get pretty hot with all the chicken poo so will the mildew spores die off?

Mildew was that bad this year all plants went to the brown bin in the sky

Hi - i posted a question about composting the leaves with mildew on another forum, and everyone said thats it's fine to do it.

hope it helps

Neil

sorry- just seen the post below which seems to say that its ok to compost them
Have tried to delete tis thread but cant, feel free to mock me for not opening my eyes before posting

I think I've got a screw loose!
Pulled a couple of mildewed strawbs off today (shame...they were biggies ) and chucked them on the ground (as you do if you're mad) and there were mini explosions of grey spores when they landed.
That surely means I've spread it!!! Doh!!
Does it die off in the Winter or will it live in the soil?