Botrytis anthophila Bondartsev, 1913
Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Helotiales
on Trifolium
gall
ovary disfigured, swollen, may be covered by conidia; flower otherwise not modified.
hostplants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Trifolium pratense.
synonyms
several authors, including Buhr, have taken this fungus as the anamorph of Thecaphora deformans. This assumption is rejected by Vánky and is not supported either by the Index Fungorum (2014).
references
Buhr (1965a), Vánky (1994a).
10/08/2014