Rhamphospora nymphaeae Cunningham, 1888
nymphaea smut
on Nymphaea
Nymphaea spec. ℗nk flowered), Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol, Buitengoor, 4.ix.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
leaf spots (upper side)
spores
detail
the spores are minutely verruculose; in water a thin layer of mucus is formed.
another image
gall
yellowish, finally brown leaf spots, old ones often centrally perforate. Embedded in the host tissue lie lemon-shaped, hyaline or light yellow spores.
host plants
Nymphaeaceae, monophagous
Nymphaea alba.
synonyms
Entyloma nymphaeae (Cunningham) Setchell, 1894.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 165), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2019a), Park, Denchev, Han & Shin (2010b), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a), Vánky, Bauer & Begerow (1998a), Woods, Chater, Smith ao (2018a).