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).

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