Protomyces cirsii-oleracei Buhr, 1935
on Cirsium
gall
2-12 mm long, vaguely demarcated, fusiform swelling at the underside of the main veins. The galled tissue is somewhat glassy, yellowish to light green. Within the plant tissue fungal spores are formed.
hostplants
Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous
Cirsium ? appendiculatum, oleraceum.
references
Bacigálová, Mułenko & Wołczańska (2008a), Bacigálová, Piątek & Wołkowycki (2005a), Buhr (1964b), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Tomasi (2014a).