Caeoma origani Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo 2014

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Pucciniomycetes, Pucciniales

on Origanum

gall

Only uredinia are known. They are amphiphenpus, up to 0.5 mm in diameter, soon naked and then pulverulent, bright orange when fresh. Spores 20-28 x 21-35 µm, densely covered by cylindrical warts.

hostplants

Lamiaceae, monophagous

Origanum syriacum.

notes

eastern Mediterranean species.

references

Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014c).

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