Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Albugo candida

Albugo candida (Persoon) Roussel, 1806

on Brassicaceae, Resedaceae

Albugo candida on Cakile maritima

Cakile maritima, France, dép. Pas-de-Calais, Berck-sur-Mer, baie d’Authie, 29.ix.2022 © Stéphane Claerebout

Albugo candida on Armoracia rusticana

Armoracia rusticana, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 8.viii.2012 © László Érsek

Albugo candida on Capsella bursa-pastoris

Capsella bursa-pastoris, Hungary, Budapest, 14.iv.2018 © László Érsek

Albugo candida on Capsella bursa-pastoris

opening sorus

Albugo candida on Raphanus sativus

Raphanus sativus, Hungary, Levél, 12.viii.2014 © László Érsek

Albugo candida on Raphanus sativus

glled fruits

Albugo candida on Albugo candida

Arabis glabra, Bulgaria, Polyantsi (Sofia), 22.vi.2021 © Cor Zonneveld

Albugo candida on Sinapis arvensis

Sinapis arvensis, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Vaulx-le-Tournai, 10.i.2018 © Sébastien Carbonelle

Albugo candida gall

Capsella bursa-pastoris, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt

Albugo candida on Arabidopsis halleri

Arabidopsis halleri, France, dép. Nord, Flines-lez-Raches © Sébastien Claerebout

Albugo candida on Hirschfeldia incana

Hirschfeldia incana, Belgium © Stéphane Claerebout

Albugo candida: galls on Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Belgium, Liège © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Albugo candida on Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Diplotaxis tenuifolia, France, Dunkerque © Sébastien Carbonnelle

Eruca vesicaria, France, Paris, Jardin des Plantes © Sébastien Carbonnelle

Albugo candida gall

Lunaria annua, Dronten: upperside of the leaf; det. Huub van der Aa, © Arnold Grosscurt

Albugo candida gall

underside

Albugo candida on Brassica napus

Brassica napus, Amsterdam, Diemerpark: blister on the axis of the inflorescence

Albugo candida on Brassica napus

older ones burst open

Albugo candida in inflorescence of Brassica napus

the growth of parts of the inflorescence is severely disturbed

Albugo candida on Sisymbrium officinale

Sisymbrium officinale, Nieuwendam

Albugo candida on Sisymbrium officinale

intense red-colouration at the upperside

Albugo candida: conidia formation

spore formation

hostplants

Brassicaceae, Capparaceae, Resedaceae, narrowly polyphagous

Alliaria petiolata; Alyssoides utriculata; Alyssum alyssoides, desertorum, montanum, repens, tortuosum subsp. caliacrae; Arabidopsis ? arenosa, halleri, petraea, suecica, thaliana; Arabis alpina & subsp. caucasica, aubrietioides, auriculata, caerulea, ciliata, collina, crispata, glabra, hirsuta, planisiliqua subsp. nemorensis, pumila, soyeri subsp. subcoriacea, stellulata; Armoracia rusticana; Aubrieta columnae, deltoidea, “intermedia”; Aurinia saxatilis; Barbarea intermedia, stricta, verna, vulgaris; Berteroa incana; Biscutella auriculata, intermedia, laevigata, valentina subsp. pyrenaica; Boechera holboellii; Brassica elongata, juncea, napus, nigra, oleracea, rapa; Braya alpina; Bunias ? erucago, orientalis; Cakile maritima; Calepina irregularis; Camelina microcarpa, sativa; Capsella bursa-pastoris, grandiflora, orientalis, rubella; Cardamine amara, enneaphyllos, flexuosa, hirsuta, impatiens, pratensis, trifolia, waldsteinii; Chorispora tenella; Cleome hassleriana, viscosa; Cleoserrata speciosa; Clypeola jonthlaspi; Cochlearia anglica, danica, officinalis; Coincya longirostra, monensis subsp. cheiranthos; Conringia orientalis; Crambe maritima, tataria; Descurainia sophia; Diplotaxis erucoides, muralis, tenuifolia, virgata; Diptychocarpus strictus; Draba aizoides, cuspidata, hispanica, incana, sauteri; Erophila verna; Eruca vesicaria; Erucastrum gallicum, nasturtiifolium; Erysimum aureum, bicolor, cheiri, cheiranthoides, crepidifolium, cuspidatum, diffusum, gorbeanum, hieraciifolium, humile, marschallianum, odoratum, repandum, rhaeticum, scoparium, wittmannii; Euclidium syriacum; Glastaria glastifolia; Heliophila amplexicaulis, crithmifolia, integrifolia; Hesperis matronalis; Hirschfeldia incana; Hornungia alpina, petraea; Hugueninia tanacetifolia; Hymenolobus procumbens; Iberis amara, carnosa, “pruittii”, umbellata; Isatis djurjudae, praecox; Kernera saxatilis; Lobularia maritima; Lunaria annua, rediviva; Malcomia africana, littorea, maritima, orsiniana subsp. angulifolia; Matthiola fruticulosa, incana; Murbeckiella pinnatifida; Myagrum perfoliatum; Nasturtium officinale; Neslia paniculata; Noccaea caerulescens, perfoliata; Petrocallis pyrenaica; Polenisia dodecandra; Pritzelago alpina & subp. auerswaldii; Pseudoturritis turrita; Raphanus raphanistrum, sativus & subsp. niger; Rapistrum perenne, rugosum; Schivereckia podolica; Schizopetalon walkeri; Sinapis alba, arvensis & subsp. allionii; Syrenia cana; Sisymbrium altissimum, austriacum, crassifolium, irio, loeselii, luteum, officinale, orientale, strictissimum, volgense; Teesdalia nudicaulis; Teesdaliopsis conferta; Thlaspi arvense.

synonyms

Cystopus candidus (Persoon) Léveillé, 1848.

notes

A. candida often is found in association with downy mildews, like Hyalopenorospora parasitica (Buhr, Redfern & Shirley), brassicae, or H. lunariae. As a matter of fact, Bains & Jhooty write that Albugo predisposes the plant for the mildew.

It has been shown that A. candida lives as an endophyte in many plants within the Brassicaceae, that are completely asymptomatic. Because also the fruits are infected, the fungus is transmitted from one generation to the other (Ploch & Thines).

DNA analysis has demonstrated a high degree of variation within this “species”.
Two albugo’s therefore have been set apart as independent species, viz. the parasites of Cardamine amara and pratensis, and the one of C. hirsuta, as A. leimonia and A. hohenheimia, respectively (Ploch ea, 210a).

references

Bains & Jhooty (2008a), Bellmann (2012a), Blumer (1946a), Brandenburger (1972a), Buhr (1964a, 1965a), Chater, Woods, Stringer, ao (2020a), Chinery (2011a), Choi, Shin, Hon & Thines (2007a), Constantinescu & Thines (2006a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dietrich (2013a), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1973a), García-Blázquez, Constantinescu, Tellería & Martín (2007a), Gjaerum (1976a, 1980a), Gönczö & Révay (1981a), Haq, Shahzad & Qamarunnisa (2015a), Heluta, Hayova, Tykhonenko ao (2010a), Jacobson, LeFebvre, Ojerio ao (1998a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a, 2017a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Koops (2013a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Losa España (1942a), Ludwig (1974a), Mayor (1967a, 1970a, 1971a), Melgarejo Nárdiz, García-Jiménez, Jordá Gutiérrez ao (2010a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska & Michalski (2005a), Müller (2015a), Mułenko, Kozłowska, Bacigálová ao (2014a), Negrean (1995a, 1996a), Negrean, Constantinescu & Denchev (2004a), Negrean (1996b), Negrean & Denchev (2000a), Özaslan, Hüseyin & Erdogdu (2014a), Pellicier (2001a), Petrak (1957a), Ploch, Choi, Rost ao (2010a), Ploch & Thines (2011a), Porta-Puglia & Mifsud (2006a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Riethmüller, Voglmayr, Göker, Weiß & Oberwinkler (2002a), Roskam (2009a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a), Thines & Spring (2005a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a), Unamuno (1941a, 1942a), Voglmayr & Riethmüller (2006a), Vrandečić, Jurković, Ćosić, Poštić & Bijelić (2011a).

Last modified 21.iii.2023