Neottiospora cariciana (Desmazières) von Höhnel, 1924

on Carex

parasite

Pycnidia 0.4 mm, olivaceous, embedded in old leaves; through a wide ostiolum conidia masses are extruded in slimy orange tendrils; conidia 3-4 x 10-15 µm, at one end a funnel-shaped appendage.

host plants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex acutiformis, appropinquata, elata, pendula, riparia.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 538).