Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Niptera melatephra

Niptera melatephra (Lasch) Rehm, 1891

on Juncus

parasite

Apothecia grey, 0.5 mm, on dead stems; ascospores hyaline, 2 x 12-20 µm, 0-1-septate.

host plants

Juncaceae, monophagous

Juncus conglomeratus, effusus, inflexu, ubnodulosus.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 548), Nauta & Spooner (2000b).

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