Entyloma ulei (Schröter) Spegazzini, 1925

on Callitriche

gall

1-5 mm large rotund swelling of the stem. Inside spore balls are formed.

hostplants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Callitriche hermaphroditica, palustris, stagnalis.

synonyms

Doassansia ulei Schröter, 1896; Sorosphaera ulei (Schröter) Liro, 1935.

notes

Vánky considers this a “doubtful species”. The explanation could be that not this species, if at all real, but Sorodiscus callitrichis might be the cause of the galls described.

references

Buhr (1964b), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a).