Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

genus Polygonatum

Determination table

organ mode stage main group group family parasite P G S
leafminerInsectaDipteraScathophagidaeAmericina media 35
leafminerInsectaDipteraScathophagidaeAmericina vittata 1218
leafhiddenInsectaThysanopteraThripidaeAnaphothrips obscurus5157
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeAulacorthum speyeri55
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaSaccotheciaceaeAureobasidium microstictum 55
systemicdownFungiAscomycotaSclerotiniaceaeBotrytis cinerea152160
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaCladosporiaceaeCladosporium polygonati11
leafhiddenInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaeClepsis senecionana1717
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaGlomerellaceaeColletotrichum dematium3841
flowergallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaeContarinia florum 33
flowergallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaeContarinia polygonati 23
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaGnomoniaceaeCylindrosporella polygonati22
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaXylariales incertae sedisDendrophoma convallariae22
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDiaporthaceaeDiaporthe novem1111
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDidymellaceaeEpicoccum nigrum 3435
rootfilmFungiBasidiomycotaHelicobasidiaceaeHelicobasidium purpureum9292
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaLeptosphaeriaceaeLeptosphaeria bellynckii11
rootgallProtozoaPlasmodiophoromycotaPlasmodiophoraceaeLigniera junci1416
leaffreeInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeLilioceris lilii 57
leaffreeInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeLilioceris merdigera47
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaePassalora polygonati11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia cookei55
FungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePhaeosphaeria inclusa11
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPhyllostictaceaePhyllosticta cruenta 34
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePhymatocera aterrima 24
leafpustuleaeciaFungiBasidiomycotaPucciniaceaePuccinia sessilis 2352
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPloettnerulaceaePyrenopeziza chailletii33
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaeSeptocylindrium polygonati11
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaeSeptoria polygonati11
leafhiddenInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaeSparganothis pilleriana2829
rootgallFungiAscomycotaSclerotiniaceaeStromatinia rapulum12
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTetranychidaeTetranychus turkestani3537
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaHyaloscyphaceaeTrichopezizella nidulus810
leafstripeFungiBasidiomycotaUrocystidaceaeUrocystis miyabeana14
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaSclerotiniaceaeValdensia heterodoxa1214

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

bud: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
canker: restricted area of dead plant tissue
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tissue
free: free-living, vagrant
gall: swelling and/or malformation
hidden: concealed by dense webbing, leaf folds etc.
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner > borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
saprotrophic: developing on recently dead, still identifiable, plant tissue
scale: scale insect
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf

COLUMNS

P: with image
G: number of genera on this website
S: number of species on this website

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 9.vii.2026