Gloeosporium deformans (Schröter) Lind,1908
Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Helotiales
on Salix
gall
fungus infection of the female catkins (axis of the catkin and pedicels), producing a red spore mass that swells in humid weather and then is gelatinous. The spores, conidia, are formed in subcuticular acervuli; they are sickle-shaped, at the basal angle obtuse, and measure 5-7 x 19-22 µm.
hostplants
Salicaceae, monophagous
synonyms
Fusamen deformans (Schröter) Karsten, 1892.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 49), Buhr (1965a).
31/03/2017