Plantago lanceolata, Belgium prov. Limburg, Bree, de Luysen, Mariahof © Carina Van Steenwinkel

cleistothecia

one ascus per cleistothecium

appendages

unripe ascus

conidiophore

conidium, with fibrosin bodies

gall

mycelium amphigenous.± persistent. Appressoria nipple-shaped. Conidia formed in chains, with fibrosin bodies, short-elliptic. Cleistothecia with a single ascus, containing usually eight spores. Appendages in variable number, sometimes almost absent, sub-equatorial, rarely exceeding 1.5 x the diameter; they are mycelioid, septate, almost invariably simple.

host plants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Plantago argentea, camtschatica, coronopus, gentianoides, lanceolata, macrorhiza, major, maritima, media.

synonyms

Sphaerotheca plantaginis (Castagne) Junell, 1966.

references

Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Bresinsky (2016a), Czerniawska, Madej, Adamska ao (2000a), Dynowska, Fiedorowicz & Kubiak (1999a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Jage, Klenke & Kummer (2010a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Penczykowski, Walker, Soubeyrand & Laine (2015a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska & Michalski (2005a).