Microbotryum violaceoverrucosum (Brandenburger & Schwinn) Vánky, 1988

on Silene

gall

the anthers are transformed into a light brownish-violet mass of spores.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, narrowly monophagous

Silene andryalifolia, bupleuroides, chlorantha, gallinyi, italica, mellifera, mollissima, multiflora, nemoralis.

synonyms

Ustilago gaussenii Durrieu, 1972.

references

Almaraz (1998a), Brandenburger (1985a: 114), Denchev (1994a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Vánky (1994a).