Buerenia cicutae (Lindroth) Reddy & Kramer, 1975

Fungi, Ascomycota, Taphrinomycetes, Taphrinales

on Cicuta

gall

leaves with small, flat, blisterlike swellings, mainly in the axils of the leaf segments; they are yellowish brown to purple, and, when the fungus is mature, covered with a mealy, yellowish or reddish film.

hostplants

Apiaceae, monophagous

Cicuta virosa.

synonyms

Taphridium cicutae Lindroth, 1904; “volkartia” cicutae.

references

Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1964b), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Reddy & Kramer (1975a).

28/10/2016