Dichotomous table for gallers on Androsace
by Hans Roskam
1a Leaves with only small, wart- or spindle-shaped galls caused by fungi => 2
1b Shoots shortened at tip. Leaves shortened and broadened, spoon-like, tuft-like clustered, abnormally haired. A. chamaejasme: Unidentified gall mite
2a Galls bulge-shaped, bearing spores at surface => 3
2b Galls cylindrical, less than 1 mm long, usually many on the underside of leaves. A. chamaejasme: Synchytrium aureum
3a Pad-shaped sori bearing black-brown spores on rosette leaves, also on inflorescence stalks and even bracts. A. chamaejasme: Puccinia volkartiana
3b Rotund to oblong, dark-brown sori on both leaf sides, also on flower peduncles of A. alpina, carnea, helvetica, lactea, obtusifolia, pubescens: Puccinia dubyi