Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Echinula asteriadiformis

Echinula asteriadiformis Graddon, 1977

on Rubus

parasite

Apothecia 0.2 mm, sessile, hyaline, on falle leaves. THe discs bear 5-8 appendages that make one tink of a minute brittle-star. Ascospores hyaline, 4-5 x 10-12 µm.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Rubus fruticosus.

references

Dougoud (2011a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 233).

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