Sclerotinia echinophila (Bulliard) Rehm, 1893

on Castanea, etc.

Castanea sativa, Heemstede Groenendaal, 7,ix.2020 © Laurens van der Linde

detai

parasite

Apothecia 11 mm, on fallen cupulae; ascospores hyaline, 5-6 x 15-18 µm, 0-3-septate.

host plants

Fagaceae, oligophagous

Castanea sativa; Quercus castaneifolia, cerris, ilex, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, petraea, pubescens, suber.

synonyms

Lanzia echinophila (Bulliard) Korf, 1952; Rutstroemia echinophila (Bulliard) von Höhnel, 1917.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 105), Palmer, Tortić & Matočec (1994a), Savić & Karaman (2016a).