Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Hypoderma alpinum

Hypoderma alpinum Spooner, 1981

on Carex

parasite

Apothecia black, 0.5 mm, elliptical with lengthwise slit on dead leaves; ascospores hyaline, 3 x 20-25 µm.

host plants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex aquatilis, bigelowii.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 526).

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