Podosphaera solanacearum Braun, 2012

Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Erysiphales, Erysiphaceae

on Mandragora, Petunia, Solanum

gall

mycelium amphigenous, white, later brown, persistent. Appressoria indistinct. Conidia in short chains, with fibrosin bodies. Foot-cell of conidiophore straight, 40-60 µm. Cleistothecia 70-100 µm, with a single ascus, containing (6-)8 spores. Appendages 5 -15, sub-equatorial, 0.5-3 x the diameter; they are mycelioid, brown, unbranched, septate.

hostplants

Solanacae, oligophagous

Mandragora autumnalis, officinarum; Petunia x hybrida; Solanum dulcamara.

references

Braun & Cook (2012a), Săvulescu & Rayss (1935a: “Sphaerotheca fuliginea”).

30/05/2017