Plasmopara invertifolia Duarte & Barreto, 2014
Chromista, Oomycota, Oomycetes, Peronosporales
on Xerochrysum
gall
leaves with discoloured spots. At the underside a whitish fungal down, consisting of erect, terminally repeatedly orthogonally branching conidiophores, each branchlet bearing a globular conidium.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Xerochrysum bracteatum.
notes
th species is described from Brazil, but the hostplant is a popular, widely sold plant in the flower trade.
references
Duarte, Choi, Soares & Barreto (2014a).
26/09/2015