Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Cainia graminis

Cainia graminis (Niessl) von Arx & Müller, 1955

on grasses, etc.

parasite

stromata in dead leaf tissue below a minute brown spot; ascospores brown, ridged lengthwise, 10-12 x 38-44 µm, 1-septate, in a gelatinous sheath.

host plants

polyphagous

Carex firma; Elymus caninus; Festuca tatrae; Helictotrichon parlatorii; Lolium temulentum; Poa alpina, compressa; Sesleria caerulea; Trisetum distichophyllum.

references

Chlebicki (2008a), Krug (1879a), Scheuer & Chlebicki (1997a), Senanayake, Maharachchikumbura, Hyde, ao (2015a).

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