Scirrhia aspidiorum (Libert) Bubák, 1916

on ferns

parasite

Up to 5 mm long greyish sub-epidermal stromata erupting through the epidermis of the petioles of dead leaves. Ascospores hyaline, 3 x 10-13 µm, 1-septate.

host plants

polyphagous

Athyrium distentifolium, filix-femina; Dryopteris carthusiana, dilatata, filix-mas; Gymnocarpium dryopteris; Matteuccia; Onoclea struthiopteris; Osmunda; Polystichum; Pteridium aquilinum; Thelypteris palustris.

synonyms

Metameris aspidiorum (Libert) von Arx & Müller, 1976.

references

Chlebicki (2005b), Chlebicki & Treigiene (1995a), Ellis (1997a: 569), Holm & Holm (1978a), Kozłowska, Mułenko, Anusiewicz & Wołkowycki (2019a), Obrist (1959a).