Juncorrhiza aschersoniana (Magnus) Riess & Piątek, 2019

on Juncus

Juncus bufonius, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Balen, de Most, 1.ix.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: plant with root tubers

tuber

fresh tubers are white

spores are formed with the host plant cells:

detail

immature spores

mature spres

sporen

sporen

host plants

Juncaceae, monophagous

Juncus bufonius.

Possibly also J. bulbosus, minutulus, squarrosus.

gall

irregular tubercles, up to a cm in size, attached to the roots; the colour ranges from white to dark brown. Spores subglobose, 16-22 X 13-20 µm.

synonyms

Entorrhiza aschersoniana (Magnus) Lagerheim, 1888.

references

Ainsworth & Sampson (1950a), Bauer, Garnica, Oberwinkler ao (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Chafer & Smith (2018a), Denchev & Denchev (2019a), Dietrich (2013a), Doppelbaur (1973a), Fineran (1973a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Klenke (2002a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kummer (2012a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Riess, Schön, Ziegler, ao (2019a), Van Steenwinkel & Vanderweyen (2022a), Roskam (2009a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a), Woods, Chater, Smith ao (2018a).