Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Juncaceicola alpina

Juncaceicola alpina (Leuchtmann) Tennakoon, Phookamsak & Hyde, 2016

on grasses, etc.

parasite

Perithecia 0.2 mm, smooth, brown, erupt from a dead stem; ascospores 6-8 x 18-20 µm, olivaceous, smooth, 3-septate, in a gelatinous sheath.

host plants

polyphagous

Allium schoenoprasum; Anthericum; Anthoxanthum odoratum; Avenella flexuosa; Carex curvula, magellanica; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia cespitosa; Helictochloa pratensis; Juncus alpinoarticulatus, ensifolius; Kobresia myosuroides; Koeleria pyramidata; Luzula alpinopilosa; Nardus stricta; Patzkea paniculata; Phleum alpinum; Poa alpina; Sesleria caerulea;Trisetum spicatum.

Also Stellaria crassipes [?]

synonyms

Phaeosphaeria alpina Leuchtmann, 1984.

references

Leuchtmann (1984a, 1987a), Shoemaker & Babcock (1989a), Tennakoon, Hyde, Phookamsak, ao (2016a).

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