Tilletia sphaerococca Fischer von Waldheim, 1867
on Agrostis
gall
The ovaries are swollen, galled, and filled with a stinking mass of brown spores.
host plants
Poaceae, monophagous
Agrostis canina, capillaris, castellana, rupestris, schraderiana, stolonifera.
Almaraz mentions also Aira praecox as a host plant.
Listed by Tomasi (2014a) from Apera spica-venti; probably confusion with Tilletia separata.
synonyms
Tilletia decipiens (Persoon) Körnicke, 1877.
references
Ainsworth & Sampson (1950a), Almaraz (1998a), Bao, Carris, Huang ao (2010a), Boyd, Carris & Gray (1998a), Buhr (1964b), Carris, Castlebury, Huang ao (2007a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Lutz & Vánky (2009a), Mayor (1967a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Spooner & Butterfill (1999a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2014a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a), Woods, Chater, Smith ao (2018a), Zogg (1983a).