Caryophylloseptoria lychnidis (Desmazières) Verkley, Quaedvlieg & Crous, 2013

on Silene

Silene latifolia, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Dessel, den Hof, 11.vi.2018 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

infected leaves, upper side

underside

leaf spot; the pycnidia can be recognised as minute black spots

conidia

parasite

Pycnidia mainly epiphyllous, small. Conidia 2-3 x 31-80 µm, 1-6-septate.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, monophagous

Silene alba, dioica, flos-cuculi, latifolia.

synonyms

Septoria lychnidis Desmazières, 1849.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 114), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Losa España (1944a), Verkley, Quaedvlieg, Shin, & Crous (2013a), Videira, Groenewald, Nakashima ao (2017a).