Podosphaera plantaginis (Castagne) Braun & Takamatsu, 2000
on Plantago

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), Leysen (2017a), Penczykowski, Walker, Soubeyrand & Laine (2015a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska & Michalski (2005a).