Scirrhia rimosa (Albertini & Schweinitz) Fuckel, 1870
on Phragmites

Phragmites australis, Bergen NH, Uilenvanger: the stromata that erupt through the epidermis have a strong resemblance with rust telia

a single stroma

the stroma consists of densely packed conidiphores
conidium
hostplants
Poaceae, monophagous
Phragmites australis.
synonyms
Hadrotrichum phragmitis Fuckel, 1865.
notes
The description of the conidia by Ellis & Ellis strongly differs from the text and illustration by Brandenburger. Moreover, they write that the fungus occurs on dead leaf sheaths; the material illustrated here was on the underside of living leaves.
references
Brandenburger (1985a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).
26/12/2016
Last modified 18.vi.2018