Septoria anemones Desmazieres, 1838
on Anemone
Anemone nemorosa, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Sint-Truiden, Provinciaal domein Nieuwenhoven-Mielenbos, 30.iv.2019 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
light infestation
dying lead
died lead
extruded conidia mass
conidia
conidia; the measurements in this material were 1 x 24-35 µm, 0-2 septate.
parasite
Pycnidia epiphyllous. The length of the conidia is 20-22 µm according to Grove and Ellis & Ellis, however 16-35 µm according to Brandenburger.
host plants
Ranunculaceae, (narrowly?) monophagous
Anemone nemorosa.
distribution within Europe
notes
Brandenburger mentions two more Septoria species on Anemone, viz., S. silvicola Desmazières, 1859, with up to 3-septate spores p 2-3 x 32-39 µm, and S. wodziczkiana Dominik, 1934 with 2-7 septate spores measuring 1-2 x 27-56 µm. The latter species is excluded from Septoria by the Index Fungorum (2019).
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 138), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Grove (1935a), Negrean (1996b), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a).