Myriosclerotinia juncifida (Nylander) Palmer, 1969

on Juncus

parasite

1.5 mm long dark brown spots on the culms. The culms contain brown fungal tissue, where 2 µm sized light brown conidia are formed. Later black sclerotia develop in the cums, up to 1.5 cm, sprouting long-stalked apothecia.

host plants

Juncaceae, monophagous

Juncus balticus, compressus, conglomeratus, effusus, filiformis, inflexus.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 744), Schumacher & Kohn (1985a).