Leptosphaeria gloeospora (Berkeley & Curtis) Saccardo, 1883

on herbs

parasite

Perithecia 0.3 mm, globular, in drt stems; ostiole with brownish black aseptate setae, ≤ 30 µm. Ascospores hyaline, 6-8 x 23-33 µm, 4-6-eptate, in a gelatinous hseath.

host plants

polyphagous

Artemisia absinthium; Asparagus; Chondrilla juncea; Daucus carota; Erigeron annuus subsp. septentrionalis; Lactuca saligna, serriola; Lycopsis arvensis; Phaseolus; Phlox paniculata; Silene otites.

Also on grasses.

synonyms

Keissleriella gloeospora (Berkeley & Curtis) Bose, 1961.

references

Bose (1961a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 282).