Gremmenia infestans (Karsten) Crous, 2014

snow blight

on conifers

parasite

Yellowed needles with 1 mm size, greyish brown flat erumpent apothecia. Asci 18-21 x 90-130 µm, spores long-fusiform, 1 µm wide. The fungus develops extensively on branches that have been covered by snow for a prolonged time (“snow blight”).

host plants

polyphagous

Abies; Juniperus communis; Picea abies, obovaia; Pinus nigra, pumila, sibirica, sylvestris.

synonyms

Phacidium infestans Karsten, 1887.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 21), Cech (2012a), Dubach, Queloz & Stroheker (2022a), Karadžić & Milijašević (2008a), Kuz’michev, Sokolova & Kulikova (2001a), Savić & Karaman (2016a).