Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Botryotinia ficariarum

Botryotinia ficariarum Hennebert, 1963

on Ficaria

Botryotinia ficariarum anamorph

anamorph: conidiophore with conidia (from Hennebert & Groves)

parasite

Anamorph: down at the undersides of the leaves, consisting of up to 0.5 mm high conidiophores; conidia 6 x 13 µm. Teleomorph: from a root tubercle a sclerotiumm develops, that after the winter forms a long-stalked apothecium calyce.

host plants

Ranunculaceae, monophagous

Ficaria verna.

references

Declercq & Leysen (2017a), Hennebert & Groves (1963a).

Last modified 23.vii.2024