Leveillula lappae (Castage) Braun, 2012

on Asteraceae

gall

mycelium white, generally dense, hypophyllous; partly internal. Conidiophores partly emerge through the stomata. The first conidium formed is obtuse-lanceolate, later ones are oblong-elliptic. Cleistothecia contain 15-30 asci, that have two spores. Appendages numerous, sub-equatorial, shorter than the diameter, mycelioid, partly irregularly branched.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Anthemis; Arctium minus, tomentosum; Artemisia campestris, dracunculus, pontica, scoparia, vulgaris; Carduus crispus; Carthamus caeruleus, lanatus, tinctorius; Centaurea calcitrapa, kotschyana, stoebe subsp. australis; Cirsium arvense, vulgare; Cousinia; Crepis; Crupina vulgaris; Cynara cardunculus, scolymus; Echinops ritro, sphaerocephalus; Gaillaria pulchella; Gazania; Gundelia; Helenium; Helianathus; Inula aspera, britannica, germanica, helenioides, helenium, nervosa; Jurinea; Onopordum nervosum; Saussurea.

references

Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a) Bresinsky (2016a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a). Leysen (2017a).