rom Bensch, Braun, Groenewald & Crous (2012a); K Bensch del.; scale bar = 10 µm.

gall

leaf spots amphigenous, numerous, up to 8 mm. Colonies mostly hypophyllous, brown, in small groups. Conidiophores up to 10, bundled together, 20-300 µm, often branched, brown, lighter to the tip. Conidia in branches chains, 3-6 x 4-14 µm, smooth, almost colourless, 0-1-septate.

hostplants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Eriobotrya japonica.

notes

the pale colour of the conidia distinguishes this species from C. eriobotryae.

references

Bensch, Braun, Groenewald & Crous (2012a).