Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Peronospora gigantea

Peronospora gigantea Gäumann, 1923

on Ranunculus

gall

upper side of the leaf with yellow spots. Underside there with a brownish purple down of high erect conidiophores that apically several times are dichotomously branching, each branch ending in a conidium.

hostplants

Ranunculaceae, narrowly monophagous

Ranunculus lingua.

references

Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1965a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).

23/09/2015

Last modified 21.iv.2020