Ascochyta asclepiadearum Traverso, 1903

on Periploca, Vincetoxicum

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Belgium, prov. Liège, Aywaille, Carrière du Goiveaux, 16.vi.2018 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

same leaf, underside

detail of the leaf spot

conidia

conidia

parasite

Pycnidia mainly epiphyllous. Conidia 3-4 x 6-12 µm, 1-septate.

host plants

Apocynaceae, oligophagous

Periploca graeca; Vincetoxicum hirundinaria.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 502), Ludwig (1974a), Mel’nik (2000a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a).