Phyllachora graminis (Persoon) Fuckel, 1870
on Poaceae
Elytrigia repens, Well (Li)
detail
Lolium perenne, Loenen (Ge) © Arnold Grosscurt
a stroma (+ an uredinium of an unidentified rust fungus)
asci
an ascus with spores
Phleum pratense, Belgium, prov. Fleish Brabant, Zichem, de Demerbroeken © Carina Van Steenwinkel
ascus
ascospores with a mucilaginous mantle
conidia of the Linochora stag
gall
At the upperside or underside of the leaves develop, often very many, elongated black blisters. Embedded in the tissue are cavities filled with asci (perithecia) or linear conidia (pycnidia). The pycnidia form the anamorph stage, in this case called the Linochora stage.
hostplants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Agropyron; Agrostis capillaris; Brachypodium; Bromopsis benekenii, erecta, inermis, ramosa; Bromus; Elytrigia repens; Hordelymus europaeus; Lolium perenne; Phleum pratense; Poa alpina; Sesleria caerulea; Sporobolus pungens.
synonyms
Phyllachora poae (Fuckel) Saccardo, 1883.
references
Blumer (1946a), Brandenburger (1995a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Negrean (1995a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a).