Vulpia myuros, from Unamuno (1941b)

gall

all ovaries are enlarged and malformed, dark reddish brown. The spores are roundish-oval, their surface is reticulate; when fresh the spore mass stinks like old herring.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Micropyrum tenellum; Vulpia bromoides, ciliata, myuros.

synonyms

Tilletia fusca Ellis & Everhart, 1887,described from North America and equally living on Vulpia probably is not the same species as vulpiae, that was described from Europe.

references

Beltran Tejera (1976a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Unamuno (1941b).